The First Meeting

About the year 1985, We would often go to the Islamic Republic of Iran. I was about 25 years old then; and we would go to Iran to discuss the issues of Lebanon, the region and the issues regarding The Islamic Resistance with Iranian officials.

In the first trip, we asked to have a visit to Qom. Who should we meet? Who should we not meet? Our knowledge of Qom was very little. One of the things they said and emphasized on was that when you go to Qom, go visit Grand Ayatollah Bahjat, peace be upon him; it was at the time of Imam Khomeini.

when you go to Qom, go visit Grand Ayatollah Bahjat.

The first time we went, I was among the officials of Hezbollah, and I was the youngest among them. Shaheed Sayyid Abbas Mousavi was there and some others. He welcomed us and we sat at his presence.

when we were at his presence, we forgot all of our questions. Most of the time at the meeting, he was quiet, looking at us and we were not able to look at him.

We had a lot of questions, but when we were at his presence, we forgot all of our questions. Most of the time at the meeting, he was quiet, looking at us and we were not able to look at him.

In the meeting, Shaheed Sayyid Abbas, may God bless his soul, or one of the brothers, I don’t remember exactly who it was, asked for some recommendations. He mentioned the recommendations which are available in the book "An-nasih": Emphasis on doing what you know, avoiding sins, praying on time, reciting Salawats on the Prophet and Istiqfar; He repeated these in the next meetings as well. This was the first meeting.

you should repeat the Zikr "Allahumaj'alni fi Dir'ik alhasinah allati taj'alo fiha man torid" everyday three times in the morning and three times in the evening.

We would go to Iran every year or two and we would surely go to Qom to visit Ayatollah Bahjat every time we would go to Iran. Sometimes we couldn’t meet him since he was in Mashhad, but most of the time when he was in Qom, we would meet with him.

Then I found out the reason behind the Zikr

The Leader of Hezbollah said that one day Ayatollah Bahjat sent me a message saying that you should repeat the Zikr "Allahumaj'alni fi Dir'ik alhasinah allati taj'alo fiha man torid" everyday three times in the morning and three times in the evening. First I thought that this is for security issues, but a few months later when Israel attacked every corner that they thought I would be there, then I found out the reason behind the Zikr.