We heard a loud pattering sound from the kitchen. I went to kitchen quickly. The kitchen had a burning smell. Ayatollah Bahjat also came to the kitchen. He found out about the incident from my looking at the refrigerator. He smiled. I turned to Ayatollah Bahjat and certain about his accepting my req...

Fifty years ago, for the first time, they met in one of Ayatollah Boroujerdi’s courses. After the class, they talked for a few minutes, about what they were doing, their family, their life, and their studies. Now it was the second time they met; he went toward Ayatollah Bahjat happily to say Salam. ...

After he ate breakfast, for a quarter or twenty minutes, he closed his eyes, sitting. As if he slept; When he opened his eye, he took his pen and started writing on waste papers. That day, he wrote: "Anyone who is influenced by the Prophet’ household, He follows in their footsteps. The drink one is ...

I owed some religious taxes, I did not know where and to whom I had to pay it, I lived in Denmark and didn’t know anyone to help me. I resorted to Imam Mahdi, may God hasten his reappearance, After so many days, nothing happened. One Friday afternoon, I remembered Imam Mahdi, There was a lump in my ...

Ayatollah Fahri Zanjani, who lived in Syria, once told me when he was in Tehran: I met Ayatollah Bahjat in Mashhad. I asked him, “Do you remember 55 years ago? We were both studying in Sayyid school in Najaf. We were friends, albeit not classmates. You have flown [high in spiritual ranks], leaving m...

I had thought when he got older, he would perform fewer acts of worship and took some rest. He got 90 years old, and not only his worship did not decrease his worship of Allah, but he also became more fond of it. If there was a work to be done, he would never reduce his acts of worship for it. He at...

In the middle of Imam Hussain’s mourning session, somebody rose to leave. I got distracted! I told him, “Wait till the Marsiyeh is over.” When the mourning session finished, Ayatollah Bahjat called me. I went to him, who said, “Let people leave the session whenever they want to.” During Marsiyeh, fo...

The dome of Lady Masoumah’s holy shrine needed to be repaired. The architect said, “Renovation will take four years,” and estimated its cost and the amount of gold required. In my notebook, I wrote down, “Renovation needs four years! This sum of money, that amount of gold!” I also wrote, “We don’t h...

He was completely familiar with every word in Ziarah Ashura. In other words, Ziarah Ashura was deeply engrained in him. He recited Ziarah Ashura everyday with its one hundred curses and one hundred Salams. He wished he could recite it every day till his death. His wish was fulfilled. He liked to hav...

He used to sit besides children and play with them. When he came across children, he became like them, If he said something, it was childish. Once he told me, “You should talk to children in their own language.” As if he knew that a few days ago I had not been able to convince my son! Source: a memo...