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...was Imam Muhammad-Baqer.
Ja'far was recognised as the last reigning Imam before Muhammad al-Muntazar (al-Mahdi) by the Twelvers and Isma'ili Shi'ites. He lived quietly as an authority in hadith and fiqh. He is cited with respect in Sunni 'isnads (chain of authorities, an essential part of the transmission of a tradition, with little need of this realised in early Islam). He...
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