Ja'far ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq (; 700 or 702–765
C.E.), commonly known as
Ja'far al-Sadiq or simply
al-Sadiq (The Truthful), is the sixth
Shia Imam. He was a descendant of
Ali from his father
Muhammad al-Baqir's side and a descendant of
Abu Bakr from his mother
Farwa's side. He is the last individual to be recognized by all Shia sects as an Imam (except the
Zaydiyyah), and is revered by
Sunni Muslims as a transmitter of
Hadith and a prominent
jurist.