Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad, also known as Muhammad al-Taqi, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the ninth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father Ali al-Rida. Born in Medina around
Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran, receives nearly 30 million pilgrims annually and is the most visited site in Islam. As one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, it contains the burial place of Reza, al-Jawad's father. The vast complex is the world's largest mosque after Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina.
The Kazimayn Shrine, where al-Jawad, alongside his grandfather and the seventh Imam, Musa al-Kazim, are buried. It is a holy site in Shia Islam.
Calligraphic inscription of al-Jawad on the zarih of Imam Husayn in Karbala
Ali ibn Musa al-Rida was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the eighth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father Musa al-Kazim and his grandfather Ja'far al-Sadiq. His lineage traces th
Muhammad al-Jawad
…November 835), also known as Muhammad al-Taqi, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the ninth of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father Ali al-Rida. Born in Medina around 810, al-Jawad was the only child of al-Rida, the eighth Imam. When al-Rida left Medina after being summoned to Khorasan by the…
Silver Abbasid dirham, minted in Isfahan around 817, citing al-Ma'mun as caliph and al-Rida as heir apparent (wali ahd al-muslimin). It is preserved at the Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum.
Dar al-Hifaz, one of the shrine's closest sections to the tomb of al-Rida.
A copy of the Quran ascribed to al-Rida, preserved at the Astan Quds Razavi Central Museum.