Ja'fari school

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The Ja'fari school is the principal school of Islamic jurisprudence in Twelver Shi'a Islam, based on the teachings of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq and the line of Shi'a Imams.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf madhhab
school of Islamic jurisprudence
alsoKnownAs Ja'fari school
surface form: Ja'fari fiqh

Ja'fari school
surface form: Ja'fari madhhab
associatedWithConcept marja'iyya
taqlid
basedOnTeachingsOf Ali Zayn al-Abidin
Ali al-Hadi
Ali al-Rida
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Hasan al-Askari
Hasan ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali
Ja'far al-Sadiq
Muhammad al-Baqir
Muhammad al-Jawad
Muhammad al-Mahdi
Musa al-Kadhim
contrastedWith Hanafi school
Hanbali school
Maliki school
Shafi'i school
denomination Twelver Shia
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
emphasizes reasoning in jurisprudence
followsLineOf Twelver Shia
surface form: Twelve Imams
geographicPrevalence Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Iran
Iraq
Lebanon
parts of India
parts of Pakistan
hasSubSchool Akhbari
Usuli
languageOfScholarship Arabic
Persian language
surface form: Persian
legalDomain commercial law
penal law
personal status law
ritual worship
legalMethodology derivation of rulings by qualified mujtahids
namedAfter Ja'far al-Sadiq
principalSchoolIn Twelver Shia
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
religion Islam
usesSource Quran
surface form: Qur'an

Sunnah
surface form: Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad

aql
hadith of the Imams
ijma'
viewOnLeadership Twelver Shia
surface form: Imamate of the Twelve Imams

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Subject: Ja'fari school
Description of subject: The Ja'fari school is the principal school of Islamic jurisprudence in Twelver Shi'a Islam, based on the teachings of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq and the line of Shi'a Imams.

Referenced by (18)

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Sharia hasSchoolOfInterpretation Ja'fari school
Shia Islam legalSchool Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Ja'fari jurisprudence
Islamic world hasLegalSchool Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Ja'fari
Ja'fari school alsoKnownAs Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Ja'fari fiqh
Ja'fari school alsoKnownAs Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Ja'fari madhhab
Twelver Shia legalSchool Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Jaʿfari fiqh
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran declaresOfficialMadhhab Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Twelver Jaʿfari school
Ja'far al-Sadiq knownFor Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Ja'fari school of jurisprudence
Ja'far al-Sadiq legalSchool Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Ja'fari fiqh
Muhammad al-Baqir influenced Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Jaʿfari school of law
Hajj al-tamattu’ jurisprudenceDiscussedIn Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Shia schools of law
Miqat usedBy Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Ja'fari (Shia) jurisprudence
Hawza of Najaf associatedWith Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Najaf school of Shia thought
Ithna Ashariyya legalSchool Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Jaʿfari fiqh
Tahdhib al-Ahkam legalSchool Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Ja'fari jurisprudence
Man la yahduruhu al-faqih schoolOfLaw Ja'fari school
this entity surface form: Ja'fari jurisprudence