Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

Ja'far Tayyar (Jaffar the flying, implying agility in combat) was a famous General. He led the forces of Islam in the battle of Mut'ah and was martyred in the same battle. His both arms were severed and he held the standard of Islam with his teeth. He was the Winged Martyr of Islam. Fatima bint Asad was exceptionally fond of her son Ja'far, she loved him more than the others because he resembled Muhammad very much, and was extremely intelligent. But for the sake of Islam she bore the separation from him and his wife, Asma bint Umais, (when they migrated to Abyssinia on the Prophet's orders with the first group of Muslim migrants ). He seemed to have inherited the family's mastery over language and was also an eloquent speaker who could win people over to his viewpoint. It was with this same skill that he had won over the king of Abyssinia when the Quraish appealed to him to surrender the Muslims to them. He had eight sons.

three of them was with Asma bint Umais:

• 1 Abdullah ibn Ja'far married Zaynab bint Ali. His sons died in Kerbala.
• 2 Muhammad ibn Ja'far
• 3 Awn ibn Ja'afer whom married Umm Khultum bint Ali

See also

• Family tree of Ja'far ibn Abu Talib
• Sahaba

External links

• http://www.yazehra.com/fatimabint.htm
• http://www.islamonline.com/cgi-bin/news_service/profile_story.asp?service_id=889
• http://www.masmn.org/documents/Biographies/Sahaba/Jafar_Ibn_Abi_Talib.htm
• http://www.islamonline.com/cgi-bin/news_service/profile_story.asp?service_id=1150