 وُلِدَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) سَنَةَ سَبْعٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَقُبِضَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) سَنَةَ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ وَمِائَةٍ وَلَهُ سَبْعٌ وَخَمْسُونَ سَنَةً وَدُفِنَ بِالْبَقِيعِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فِي الْقَبْرِ الَّذِي دُفِنَ فِيهِ أَبُوهُ عَلِيُّ بن الحسين (عَلَيْهما السَّلام) وَكَانَتْ أُمُّهُ أُمَّ عَبْدِ الله بِنْتَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهم السَّلام وَعَلَى ذُرِّيَّتِهِمُ الْهَادِيَةِ.
 Abu Ja‘far  was born in the year seventy five AH. He passed away in the year one hundred fourteen at the age of fifty seven. He was buried in al-Baqi’ cemetery in Madina near the gave of his father, Ali ibn al-Husayn . His mother was ’Umm ‘Abdallah daughter of al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn abu Talib, may Allah grant him and his rightly guided offspring blessings.