Muhammad at-Taqi was the son of a Nubian slave and only seven years of age when he succeeded his father to the Imamate.
छोरो पाउने आशमा एउटी महिलाले आठ-आठवटा छोरी जन्माउँछिन् तथापि उनको लोग्नेले अझै छोरोको आश गर्छन्।