Wikipedia's first sentence called it “son of ja'far al-sadiq and the brother of musa al-kadhim”. Today it says “muslim scholar and the son of ja'far al-sadiq”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Hadith scholar of Abbasid era”. It now reads “Hadith scholar of Abbasid era A photo of a shrine attributed to Ali ibn Ja'far in Qom”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Ali al-Uraydi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq , ( Arabic : علي العريضي بن جعفر الصادق , romanized : ʿAlī al-ʿUrayḍī ibn Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq ) better known simply as Ali al-Uraydi , was the son of Ja'far al-Sadiq and the brother of Isma'il , Musa al-Kazim , Abdullah al-Aftah , and Muhammad Al-Dibaj . He was known by the title al-Uraydi, because he lived in an area called Urayd, about 4 miles (or 6.4 km) from Medina . He was also known by the nickname Abu al-Hasan (i.e. father of Hasan).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq , better known simply as Ali al-Uraidhi , was the son of Ja'far al-Sadiq and the brother of Musa al-Kadhim , Isma'il , Abdullah al-Aftah , and Muhammad Al-Dibaj . He was known by the title al-Uraidhi, because he lived in an area called Uraidh, about 4 miles (or 6.4 km) from Medina . He was also known by the nickname Abu Hasan (i.e. father of Hasan). He was a great Muslim scholar.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq , ( ʿAlī al-ʿUrayḍī ibn Jaʿfar al-Sādiq ) better known simply as Ali al-Uraidhi , was the son of Ja'far al-Sadiq and the brother of Isma'il , Musa al-Kadhim , Abdullah al-Aftah , and Muhammad Al-Dibaj . He was known by the title al-Uraidhi, because he lived in an area called Uraidh, about 4 miles (or 6.4 km) from Medina . He was also known by the nickname Abu Hasan (i.e. father of Hasan). He was a great Muslim scholar.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq , ( ʿAlī al-ʿUrayḍī ibn Jaʿfar al-Sādiq ) better known simply as Ali al-Uraidhi , was the son of Ja'far al-Sadiq and the brother of Isma'il , Imam Musa al-Kadhim , Abdullah al-Aftah , and Muhammad Al-Dibaj . He was known by the title al-Uraidhi, because he lived in an area called Uraidh, about 4 miles (or 6.4 km) from Medina . He was also known by the nickname Abu Hasan (i.e. father of Hasan). He was a great Muslim scholar.
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Hadith scholar of Abbasid era Ali al-Uraydi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq , ( ) better known simply as Ali al-Uraydi , was the son of Ja'far al-Sadiq and the brother of Isma'il , Musa al-Kazim , Abdullah al-Aftah , and Muhammad Al-Dibaj .He was known by the title al-Uraydi, because he lived in an area called Urayd, about 4 miles (or 6.4 km) from Medina .He was also known by the nickname Abu al-Hasan (i.e. father of Hasan).
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “son of ja'far al-sadiq and the brother of musa al-kadhim”. Today it says “muslim scholar and the son of ja'far al-sadiq”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Hadith scholar of Abbasid era”. It now reads “Hadith scholar of Abbasid era A photo of a shrine attributed to Ali ibn Ja'far in Qom”. Read the current article and compare.
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son of ja'far al-sadiq and the brother of musa al-kadhim
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muslim scholar and the son of ja'far al-sadiq
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