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....
On his way to Mashhad, Ayatollah Bahjat visited the holy shrine of Abdul-Azim Hassani in Rey every year. He used to come to our house to relax and perform ablution. He used to bring along gifts for all of my household.
One year, I do not know why but he did not perform Zuhr and Asr prayers in the ho...
I hit my hand against the bookshelf, and it was wounded deeply.
I had a surgery, and the wound was treated.
A few months later, we were in Mashhad and my hand was very painful. I hid my pain and did not say anything.
One day, while I was busy with my work, Ayatollah Bahjat said,
“I discovered that …...
Iran was to send its envoy to Lebanon.
I decided to have him meet Ayatollah Bahjat to get some advice from him.
At about 11:30 P.M., we arrived at Ayatollah Bahjat’s home. To me, this meeting was so necessary that I knocked on the door although we had not arranged any appointment in advance.
He hims...
In the cold of winter, Ayatollah Bahjat wore two pairs of socks.
I gave him wool socks,
There was a medical problem in his right foot’s thumb (his big toe);
When he performed ablution, I could often see it bandaged.
He did not say anything to us.
A few days passed,
And whenever I saw him, I thought ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...