Atlas
About this atlas
The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.
محمد الجواد
Muḥammad al-Jawād (al-Taqī)
Died 220/835
Ninth Imam (Twelver)
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
Dates are given where the sources give them. Years are CE; the Hijri year is in each name's detail.
Route 1 of 3, the best-sourced: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linessources differ
successor of · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Mūsā al-Kāẓim · Two independent sources
Seventh Imam (d. 183/799), per the Twelver account.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3684-3693 · agreesMūsā b. Jaʿfar, called al-Kāẓim; born 128, died 183 in Baghdad in custody.
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L81825-81835, L81925 · agreesMūsā al-Kāẓim, born c. 128; died Rajab 183.
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3677-3678 · agreesMūsā heads the list of al-Ṣādiq's five sons with offspring.
- Farhad Daftary, The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge UP, 2nd ed. 2007), ch. 3, pp. 88–89 · agreesMost Imāmī followers came to Mūsā; he is counted seventh Twelver imam and died in custody at Baghdad in 183/799.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ismāʿīlī account: the imamate passed through Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar and his son Muḥammad. TDV İsmâiliyye gives the reasons reported for Mūsā's designation instead of the elder Ismāʿīl: a report that Ismāʿīl died three years before his father, and a report about his conduct and his ties to Abū l-Khaṭṭāb.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsmâiliyye
- Daftary (modern historian of Ismāʿīlism), reporting the Twelver position: the Twelvers claim a designation (naṣṣ) of Mūsā by al-Ṣādiq, supported by ḥadīths. Daftary adds that it is not certain al-Ṣādiq named anyone after Ismāʿīl. (ch. 3, p. 88)Farhad Daftary, The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge UP, 2nd ed. 2007)
Mūsā al-Kāẓimموسى الكاظم799two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linessources differ
successor of · Mūsā al-Kāẓim to ʿAlī al-Riḍā · Two independent sources
Eighth Imam (d. 203/818).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L109575-109579, L109615, L109679 · agreesʿAlī al-Riḍā b. Mūsā al-Kāẓim; born 148; died Ramaḍān 203 at Ṭūs.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L23436-23455 · agreesSon of Mūsā al-Kāẓim; died 203 at Ṭūs (202 also given).
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3721-3724 · agreesal-Riḍā's descent continues through his son al-Jawād.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV İsnâaşeriyye: after al-Kāẓim's death, the groups who accepted that he had truly died became known as the Qaṭʿiyya.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyye
ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
successor of · ʿAlī al-Riḍā to Muḥammad al-Jawād (al-Taqī) · Two independent sources
Ninth Imam (d. 220/835).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3725-3726 · agreesal-Jawād is al-Riḍā's son; his descent continues through ʿAlī al-Hādī and Mūsā al-Mubarqaʿ.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L30695-30711 · agreesMuḥammad al-Jawād b. ʿAlī al-Riḍā; born 195; died 5 Dhū l-Ḥijja 220.
Muḥammad al-Jawād (al-Taqī)محمد الجواد835
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linessources differ
successor of · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Mūsā al-Kāẓim · Two independent sources
Seventh Imam (d. 183/799), per the Twelver account.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3684-3693 · agreesMūsā b. Jaʿfar, called al-Kāẓim; born 128, died 183 in Baghdad in custody.
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L81825-81835, L81925 · agreesMūsā al-Kāẓim, born c. 128; died Rajab 183.
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3677-3678 · agreesMūsā heads the list of al-Ṣādiq's five sons with offspring.
- Farhad Daftary, The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge UP, 2nd ed. 2007), ch. 3, pp. 88–89 · agreesMost Imāmī followers came to Mūsā; he is counted seventh Twelver imam and died in custody at Baghdad in 183/799.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ismāʿīlī account: the imamate passed through Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar and his son Muḥammad. TDV İsmâiliyye gives the reasons reported for Mūsā's designation instead of the elder Ismāʿīl: a report that Ismāʿīl died three years before his father, and a report about his conduct and his ties to Abū l-Khaṭṭāb.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsmâiliyye
- Daftary (modern historian of Ismāʿīlism), reporting the Twelver position: the Twelvers claim a designation (naṣṣ) of Mūsā by al-Ṣādiq, supported by ḥadīths. Daftary adds that it is not certain al-Ṣādiq named anyone after Ismāʿīl. (ch. 3, p. 88)Farhad Daftary, The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge UP, 2nd ed. 2007)
Mūsā al-Kāẓimموسى الكاظم799two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linessources differ
successor of · Mūsā al-Kāẓim to ʿAlī al-Riḍā · Two independent sources
Eighth Imam (d. 203/818).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L109575-109579, L109615, L109679 · agreesʿAlī al-Riḍā b. Mūsā al-Kāẓim; born 148; died Ramaḍān 203 at Ṭūs.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L23436-23455 · agreesSon of Mūsā al-Kāẓim; died 203 at Ṭūs (202 also given).
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3721-3724 · agreesal-Riḍā's descent continues through his son al-Jawād.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV İsnâaşeriyye: after al-Kāẓim's death, the groups who accepted that he had truly died became known as the Qaṭʿiyya.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyye
ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
successor of · ʿAlī al-Riḍā to Muḥammad al-Jawād (al-Taqī) · Two independent sources
Ninth Imam (d. 220/835).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3725-3726 · agreesal-Jawād is al-Riḍā's son; his descent continues through ʿAlī al-Hādī and Mūsā al-Mubarqaʿ.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L30695-30711 · agreesMuḥammad al-Jawād b. ʿAlī al-Riḍā; born 195; died 5 Dhū l-Ḥijja 220.
Muḥammad al-Jawād (al-Taqī)محمد الجواد835
Route 3 of 3: The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiqجعفر الصادق765
two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linessources differ
successor of · Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq to Mūsā al-Kāẓim · Two independent sources
Seventh Imam (d. 183/799), per the Twelver account.
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3684-3693 · agreesMūsā b. Jaʿfar, called al-Kāẓim; born 128, died 183 in Baghdad in custody.
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L81825-81835, L81925 · agreesMūsā al-Kāẓim, born c. 128; died Rajab 183.
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3677-3678 · agreesMūsā heads the list of al-Ṣādiq's five sons with offspring.
- Farhad Daftary, The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge UP, 2nd ed. 2007), ch. 3, pp. 88–89 · agreesMost Imāmī followers came to Mūsā; he is counted seventh Twelver imam and died in custody at Baghdad in 183/799.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- Ismāʿīlī account: the imamate passed through Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar and his son Muḥammad. TDV İsmâiliyye gives the reasons reported for Mūsā's designation instead of the elder Ismāʿīl: a report that Ismāʿīl died three years before his father, and a report about his conduct and his ties to Abū l-Khaṭṭāb.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsmâiliyye
- Daftary (modern historian of Ismāʿīlism), reporting the Twelver position: the Twelvers claim a designation (naṣṣ) of Mūsā by al-Ṣādiq, supported by ḥadīths. Daftary adds that it is not certain al-Ṣādiq named anyone after Ismāʿīl. (ch. 3, p. 88)Farhad Daftary, The Ismāʿīlīs: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge UP, 2nd ed. 2007)
Mūsā al-Kāẓimموسى الكاظم799two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate linessources differ
successor of · Mūsā al-Kāẓim to ʿAlī al-Riḍā · Two independent sources
Eighth Imam (d. 203/818).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), siyar#L109575-109579, L109615, L109679 · agreesʿAlī al-Riḍā b. Mūsā al-Kāẓim; born 148; died Ramaḍān 203 at Ṭūs.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L23436-23455 · agreesSon of Mūsā al-Kāẓim; died 203 at Ṭūs (202 also given).
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3721-3724 · agreesal-Riḍā's descent continues through his son al-Jawād.
Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.
- TDV İsnâaşeriyye: after al-Kāẓim's death, the groups who accepted that he had truly died became known as the Qaṭʿiyya.TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyye
ʿAlī al-Riḍāعلي الرضا818two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
successor of · ʿAlī al-Riḍā to Muḥammad al-Jawād (al-Taqī) · Two independent sources
Ninth Imam (d. 220/835).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3725-3726 · agreesal-Jawād is al-Riḍā's son; his descent continues through ʿAlī al-Hādī and Mūsā al-Mubarqaʿ.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L30695-30711 · agreesMuḥammad al-Jawād b. ʿAlī al-Riḍā; born 195; died 5 Dhū l-Ḥijja 220.
Muḥammad al-Jawād (al-Taqī)محمد الجواد835
How to read the marks
- Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
- One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
- The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
- A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
- The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
- A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).
Who received from Muḥammad al-Jawād (al-Taqī)
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- ʿAlī al-Hādī (al-Naqī)علي الهادي868
two sourcesin The Prophet's family: descent and imamate lines
successor of · Muḥammad al-Jawād (al-Taqī) to ʿAlī al-Hādī (al-Naqī) · Two independent sources
Tenth Imam (d. 254/868).
TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, İsnâaşeriyyeChecked against
- Ibn ʿInaba, ʿUmdat al-ṭālib (OpenITI), umda#L3726-3729 · agreesʿAlī al-Hādī, called al-ʿAskarī after Samarra, descends from al-Jawād.
- Ibn Khallikān, Wafayāt al-aʿyān (OpenITI), wafayat#L23487-23517 · agreesʿAlī al-Hādī b. Muḥammad al-Jawād; died 254 at Samarra, in Rajab by one report.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Muḥammad al-Jawād (al-Taqī)”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/muhammad-jawad (data of 31 October 2026).