Ja'far ibn Ali

Jaʿfar ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (Arabic: جَعْفَر ٱبْن عَلِيّ ٱبْن أَبِي طَالِب) was a son of Ali and Umm al-Banin. He was named by Ali after the latter's brother, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib. The younger Ja'far was one of the companions of Husayn in the Battle of Karbala, where he was martyred on Ashura alongside his brothers Abbas, Abdullah and Uthman.^[1][2][3][4]

Ja'far ibn Ali جَعْفَر ٱبْن عَلِيّ
Born	Medina, Rashidun Caliphate
Died	(680-10-10)10 October 680 (10 Muharram 61 AH) Karbala, Umayyad Caliphate (present-day Iraq)
Burial place	Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala
Parents	Ali (father) Umm al-Banin (mother)

See also

• Descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib
• Ashura
• Tasu'a
• Sermon of Ali ibn Husayn in Damascus
• Ziyarat Ashura
• Battle of Karbala
• Abbas ibn Ali
• Shia view of Ali