Birth date and place are unknown. The accessible Imami sources identify him as a son of Imam Husayn but provide no year or location of birth.
Jafar ibn Husayn
PER-000085
Ahl al-Bayt
Probable
Burial place unknown
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Ja'far ibn Husayn was a little-documented son of Imam Husayn ibn Ali. Imami biographical and genealogical tradition lists him as a distinct child of Imam Husayn, identifies his mother only as an unnamed woman of Quda'a, and states that he died during his father's lifetime and left no surviving line. Reliable details about his birth, age, activities and burial are not preserved.
He died during Imam Husayn's lifetime, therefore before 61 AH / 680 CE. The exact date, place, age and cause of death are not stated in the cited sources.
Burial unknown. No grave, shrine or maqam is historically verified for Ja'far ibn Husayn; the shrine and GPS fields are intentionally preserved blank.
Biography and historical profile
Ja'far ibn Husayn was a son of Imam Husayn ibn Ali and a grandson of Imam Ali and Lady Fatima al-Zahra. He is known mainly from Imami lists of Imam Husayn's children. He must not be confused with Ja'far ibn Ali or Ja'far ibn Aqil, different men associated with the Karbala narratives.
Shaykh al-Mufid's Kitab al-Irshad includes Ja'far among the six children of Imam Husayn. The same passage identifies his mother only as a woman of the tribe of Quda'a and does not preserve her personal name. Al-Tabrisi repeats the same core information in I'lam al-Wara.
These sources state that Ja'far died during Imam Husayn's lifetime and left no surviving descendants. This establishes only that his death occurred before 61 AH / 680 CE; the exact date, place, age and cause of death are not given in the cited material.
Because Ja'far died before Imam Husayn, he should not be counted among the martyrs, travellers or fighters of Karbala. The accessible recognized sources also do not verify a speech, scholarly office, marriage, children or political activity for him.
His burial place is unknown, and no present grave, shrine or commemorative site can be assigned to him as a verified burial on the evidence reviewed. The value of his brief profile lies in preserving an accurate child-list for Imam Husayn and preventing confusion between historical namesakes.
Shaykh al-Mufid's Kitab al-Irshad includes Ja'far among the six children of Imam Husayn. The same passage identifies his mother only as a woman of the tribe of Quda'a and does not preserve her personal name. Al-Tabrisi repeats the same core information in I'lam al-Wara.
These sources state that Ja'far died during Imam Husayn's lifetime and left no surviving descendants. This establishes only that his death occurred before 61 AH / 680 CE; the exact date, place, age and cause of death are not given in the cited material.
Because Ja'far died before Imam Husayn, he should not be counted among the martyrs, travellers or fighters of Karbala. The accessible recognized sources also do not verify a speech, scholarly office, marriage, children or political activity for him.
His burial place is unknown, and no present grave, shrine or commemorative site can be assigned to him as a verified burial on the evidence reviewed. The value of his brief profile lies in preserving an accurate child-list for Imam Husayn and preventing confusion between historical namesakes.
Historical importance and legacy
Ja'far's entry preserves the genealogical and biographical ordering of Imam Husayn's children and clarifies that not every reported son of the Imam was martyred at Karbala; Ja'far had already died during his father's lifetime.
The profile also illustrates evidence-proportionate biography: the mother's tribal affiliation and the absence of surviving progeny are retained, while birth chronology, a developed public career and burial remain explicitly unknown.
The profile also illustrates evidence-proportionate biography: the mother's tribal affiliation and the absence of surviving progeny are retained, while birth chronology, a developed public career and burial remain explicitly unknown.
Family relationships
👪 Parents
Father
Imam Husayn ibn Ali
Probable
Sources
Kitab al-Irshad | al-Shaykh al-Mufid | Child-list passage; pagination varies by edition; quoted in Musnad al-Imam al-Shahid, vol. 3, p. 36 | https://lib.eshia.ir/86866/3/36 | Ja'far's identity as a son of Imam Husayn, unnamed Quda'i mother, death during his father's lifetime and no surviving progenyI'lam al-Wara bi-A'lam al-Huda | al-Fadl ibn al-Hasan al-Tabrisi | Vol. 1, p. 479 | https://ar.lib.eshia.ir/16001/1/479 | Corroborating Imami child list, mother from Quda'a, death during Imam Husayn's lifetime and no surviving progeny
Nafas al-Mahmum | Shaykh Abbas al-Qummi | Children of Imam Husayn section; pagination varies by edition | https://al-islam.org/nafasul-mahmum-relating-heart-rending-tragedy-karbala-shaykh-abbas-qummi/children-imam-husayn-and | Later Imami compilation preserving the same limited biographical tradition and distinguishing Ja'far from Karbala martyrs
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