Imam Muhammad at-Taqi a.k.a. al-Jawwad was born in 811 in Medina. He was only eight when his father Imam Ali Reza (al-Rida) died during his visit to Khurasan.


Shortly after his father’s death, Imam at-Taqi moved to Baghdad. He was well received by Caliph Ma’moun who was highly impressed by the level of knowledge in the young boy.


He was only 17 when Ma'moun brought him in front of the philosophers of his time; they were all taken aback by is command of logic and language at that young age. Ma’moun married his daughter Umm al-Fadl to him. Later on, he moved back to Medina.


In 835, two years after the death of Ma’moun his successor Mu’tasim, who disliked the Imam, summoned him back to Baghdad to indulge him in the lavish lifestyle of the Abbasid Court. Instead, Imam at-Taqi became famous in debates and for his piety in Baghdad. He died the same year rather suddenly. Some historians believe that he was poisoned since at the time of his death he was still in his 20s and was of good health.


Imam Muhammad at-Taqi is buried in the twin shrine of Kazimayn, near Baghdad alongside his grandfather Imam Musa al-Kazim (al-Kadim).

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