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Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, brother of Ali, nicknamed "Ja'far of the two wings" (Dhu al-janahayn) as the Prophet said Allah granted him two wings in Paradise. Emigrated to Abyssinia where he defended Islam before the Negus. Died as a martyr at Mu'ta in 629.
Birthin 590 in Mecca
Deathin 629 in Medina