Ja'fari school

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madhhab school of Islamic jurisprudence

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Ja'fari 1
Ja'fari fiqh 1
Ja'fari jurisprudence 1

Statements (50)

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

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Islamic world → hasLegalSchool → Ja'fari school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ja'fari
Sharia → hasSchoolOfInterpretation → Ja'fari school ⓘ
Shia Islam → legalSchool → Ja'fari school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ja'fari jurisprudence
Twelver Shia → legalSchool → Ja'fari school ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jaʿfari fiqh