Muhammad Jawad's video: Imam Abu Hanifa and Imam Ja far as-Sadiq

An extract from a talk by Sayyidi al-Habib 'Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him and benefit us by him) 7 Jumad al-Akhira 1439 AH / 22 February 2018 Imam al-Haddad (Allah be pleased with him) said in a verse of his 140 verse poem called al-‘Ayniyyah: And as-Sādiq, the very sincere and veracious, the Ustadh of the preeminent, and the Imām of companions of righteousness – that none will deny. In al-‘Allāma al-Habīb Ahmad bin Zayn al-Habshi's (Allah be pleased with him) commentary on the poem, called an-Nafahat as-Sirriyyah, he said: The reference is to al-Imām Ja’far bin Muhammad bin ‘Ali bin al-Husaýn bin ‘Ali bin Abī Ťālib. His most famous name of honour is as-Sadiq. But he is also known as Abū Abdillāh and it has been said Abu Isma’īl. His mother was Farwa bint al-Qasim, and Farwa’s mother was Asma bint Abdul Rahmān bin Abībakar as-Siddiq. And for this reason, said as-Sadiq, may Allāh be pleased with him, Abūbakar has fathered me twice. He was born in al-Madīna in the year 80 Hijriyyah. And it has been said in the year 83 Hijriyya, on Monday 13 Rabi’ul-Awwal, and buried in al-Madīna in the night of Monday, 15 Rajab in the year 148 and his grave is at al-Baqii’ in the tomb of al-Abbās, in the grave of his father and his grand-father and his uncle al-Hasan bin ‘Ali. As-Sādiq had five sons: Muhammad, Isma’īl, AbdAllāh, Musā and ‘Ali al-Uraydhī, the grandfather of al Bā-‘Alawis. In the poem he is called the Ustādh of the preeminent because of the large number of Imāms, may Allāh be pleased with them, who studied under him. The procession includes such figures as Yahya bin Said and Ibn Jurayh and al-Imām Mālik and the two Sufyans and Ibn ‘Uyayna and Abu Hanifa and Ayyūb. Such was the corpus of ‘ulūm, abstruse sciences, wisdom and righteous conduct he possessed that people traveled from remote parts to learn from him. And thus his fame spread. Said ‘Umar al-Migdān: “When I looked at Ja’far bin Muhammad, I knew he came from the wombs of prophets.” Among his words, may Allāh be pleased with him: “No provision surpasses Taqwa (which means that Allāh should not miss wheresoever He has commanded you to be, and should not find you wheresoever He has prohibited you). And nothing excels silence, and no foe is more harmful than ignorance and no ailment is more deadly than lying.” Also among his words: “When you hear something about a Muslim, put on it the best construction possible and if you fail, blame yourselves.” He also said: “When you do wrong, seek forgiveness. Verily, they are misdeeds which are hung on the necks of men before their creation. The height of ruin is persisting in wrong-doing.” He also said: “Jurists are the trustees of Prophets so long as they do not call at the threshold of the sultans.” He also said: “If you learn about something displeasing about your brother, offer him as many as seventy excuses. If you do not find an excuse, tell yourself: ‘He has an excuse which I do not know’.” Among his counsels to his son, Mūsā: “O my son, whosoever is content with what Allāh has apportioned him, is enriched thereby. Whosoever covets what lies in the possession of others dies as a pauper. And whosoever is not content with what Allāh has apportioned him holds Allāh suspect in His Decree. And whosoever belittles his own lapse magnifies the lapse of others, and whosoever belittles the lapse of others magnifies his own lapse. O my son, whosoever lifts up the cover on the nakedness of others, will have the nakedness of his own children exposed to the public eye. And whosoever draws out the sword of injustice will get killed by the same. Whosoever digs a well for his brother shall himself sink therein. And whosoever courts folly becomes open to contempt. And whosoever keeps the company of the ‘Ulama gains in stature, and whosoever courts the wicked exposes himself to suspicion. O my son, beware of despising people for they will despise you in return. And beware of courting that which is none of your concern lest you are humiliated thereby. O my son, speak the truth be it for or against you. O my son, enjoin good and forbid evil and join him who cuts you off. Be the first to speak to him who gives you the cold shoulder and liberal to he who asks of you. And beware of calumny for it plants vehement hatred in the hearts of men. And beware of exposing the faults of others. O my son, when you go visiting, visit the virtuous and do not visit those who turn aside from righteousness. Translation from Arabic by Shaykh Mohammed Mlamali Adam in consultation with Sayyid Omar Abdallah radhi Allāhu anhum An article: http://www.auliasworld.com/2012/06/hazrat-imam-jafar-as-sadiq_2470.html?m=1