The rise of the Abbasids marked the most chaotic and revolutionary period when the religious morals of Islam had gone down and the teachings of the Holy Prophet were being neglected, and a state of anarchy was rampant. It was amidst such deadly gloom that the virtuous personage of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq stood like a beacon of light to illuminate the ocean of sinful darkness around. The world got inclined towards his virtuous and admirable personality.