Ja'fari school

The Jaʿfarī school, also known as the Jafarite school, Jaʿfarī fiqh or Ja'fari jurisprudence, is a prominent school of <a href="/facts/Fiqh/YBmxekkY">jurisprudence</a> (fiqh) within <a href="/facts/Twelver/sUejq9pd">Twelver</a> and <a href="/facts/Ismaili/e6uySs0b">Ismaili</a> (including <a href="/facts/Nizari_Isma%2527ilism/VlqLYnhg">Nizari</a>) <a href="/facts/Shia_Islam/JIQl7ooz">Shia Islam</a>, named after the sixth <a href="/facts/Imamah_(Shia_doctrine)/yEI8zlDR">Imam</a>, <a href="/facts/Ja%2527far_al-Sadiq/nhhk87TX">Ja'far al-Sadiq</a>. In Iran, Jaʽfari jurisprudence is enshrined in the <a href="/facts/Constitution_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran/EzYgBsgF">constitution</a>, shaping various aspects of governance, legislation, and judiciary in the country. In <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a> this school of jurispudence is also accounted for in the <a href="/facts/Sectarianism/kkPNdMeQ">sectarian</a> legal system of the country and Shia muslims can call upon it for their legal disputes.
It differs from the predominant <a href="/facts/Madhhab/NNVKbWQ1">madhhabs</a> of <a href="/facts/Sunni/WYo0zeq0">Sunni</a> jurisprudence in its reliance on <a href="/facts/Ijtihad/ybz5zRJv">ijtihad</a>, as well as on matters of inheritance, religious taxes, commerce, personal status, and the allowing of temporary marriage or <a href="/facts/Nikah_mut%25E2%2580%2598ah/hz162rDz">mutʿa</a>. Since 1959, Jaʿfari jurisprudence has been afforded the status of "fifth school" along with the four Sunni schools by <a href="/facts/Azhar_University/eMNhDbNF">Azhar University</a>. In addition, it is one of the eight recognized <a href="/facts/Madhhab/NNVKbWQ1">madhhabs</a> listed in the <a href="/facts/Amman_Message/MTMQ95VC">Amman Message of 2004</a> by the Jordanian monarch, and since endorsed by <a href="/facts/Sadiq_al-Mahdi/jrtUPEoB">Sadiq al-Mahdi</a>, former <a href="/facts/Prime_Minister_of_Sudan/7rcbVLHR">Prime Minister of Sudan</a>.
The Ja'fari school was imposed as the state jurisprudence in <a href="/facts/Safavid_Iran/WPHAaz8e">Iran</a> during the <a href="/facts/Safavid_conversion_of_Iran_to_Shia_Islam/Pbud0xlU">Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam</a> from the 16th to the 18th century. Followers of the Ja'fari school are predominantly found in <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a>, <a href="/facts/Iraq/pqYSFJw8">Iraq</a> and <a href="/facts/Azerbaijan/Ho5joRTJ">Azerbaijan</a> where they form a majority, with large minorities in eastern <a href="/facts/Saudi_Arabia/uyUpe1J2">Saudi Arabia</a>, southern <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/facts/Bahrain/ndXdWPhr">Bahrain</a> and <a href="/facts/Afghanistan/v63Auu1C">Afghanistan</a>.

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