Finally he accepted to go to hajj, provided that no one would be informed about it. He asked his son: "Is your wife ok with you coming with me to Hajj?" He said: "Yes, of course."   When it was the time to go to hajj, he found out that some people had been informed that he's going to Hajj. He cha...

One of the students of Ayatollah Bahjat says the following: "During two years which I spent at his lessons, I never heard him talk about himself except on very rare occasions. One of those occasions is when he talked about the process of lauding the moral status of his mentor, Mirza Mohammad Hussai...

During his studies, and shortly before reaching adolescence, he paid attention to self-cultivation and moral perfection. He therefore, kept looking for a teacher of manners to embrace and cultivate him since residing in Karbala. He heard about Sayyid Ali Qazi Tabatabai, may God bless his soul, being...

   One of the distinctions that set Ayatollah Bahjat apart from the rest of scholars and mujtahids is his practical emulation of the Infallibles, peace be upon them. You see this clearly from his statements and actions, his standing and sitting, his speech and silence, during his acts of adoration, ...

Martyr Ayatollah Mortaza Mutahhari always paid special attention to Grand Ayatollah Bahjat and used to often recommend us to attend his classes saying, "You must attend his classes, especially the Usul class (the principles of fiqh), because he was one of the students of the late Muhammad Hussain I...

I still could not believe it; With a trembling hand, I opened the envelope containing Ayatollah Bahjat’s will. I read but did not understand it; The words passed before my eyes in rows. I thought I had skipped a line, I moved back and read it again. I read it for the third time, I was right: "Make u...

A year and a half after his death, we still could not find a proper sentence to write on his tomb stone. I was thinking of what to be written on it and who to write it. But I could not find anything appropriate. I consulted with friends. They brought me some texts. A calligrapher volunteered to writ...

For a few days, he kept talking about death. That day when he was about to go to his room, he turned to my mother and said, -“Do you know such and such a person in Fuman?” -Yes....

Frail and gasping, he took steps with full effort, with his son holding his hand. His son was concerned, and he was aware of the son’s worries. After a few steps, he stood, turned to the son and said smilingly, Such and such a person says that he's afraid of death, but I think dying is very easy…. D...

I was told that Ayatollah Bahjat did not feel good at all. I went to his house, and examined him. He was quite conscious. He recognized me, called me by my name, inquiring after me. He even repeated the words he told me five years ago. However, I was cautious and said that he had to be hospitalized....