Ayatollah Sayyid Abul Hassan Isfahani was born in Madisah village, one of the villages of Lanjan, district of the city of Isfahan in the year 1868. He completed his primary studies in the Nimarud School in Isfahan where he was taught by Mirza Abul Ma'ali Kalbasi, benefiting greatly from him. He...
Sheikh Mortaza Taleqani was born in 1858 in the city of Taleqan. He learned Qur'an and Persian literature in the katateeb of the city then migrated to Tehran and from there to Isfahan so he could attend classes by its great scholars such as Ayatollah Abul Ma'ali Karbalai, Hakeem Qashqayi Akhund...
The sun is to shine even behind the clouds. Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him, is the same, even though he's in occultation! We don’t see him but there were and still are, people who do see him or even if they don’t see him, they have some relations with him.
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I wish we would sit and talk about when the reappearance of Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him, would be, so that we would at least be regarded as the awaitors of his reappearance.
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Imam Mahdi, may God hasten his reappearance, has the highest degree of knowledge and the great name (Ism al-Adham) is in his hands more than others; but still he has asked whomsoever has visited him in ream or in reality: "Pray for me"!
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They should know that they have bounties which the rich don’t have.
The poor should have patience in shortages and poverty; they should know that they have bounties which the rich don’t have. The rich have troubles and afflictions which the poor and the destitute don’t have.
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You can prove the principles of religion with the light of intellect. Those who are against (intellectual) principles and intellectual reasoning are promoting anti-religionism, because "There is no religion for the one who has no intellect."
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Our religiosity will be known when we get to a junction where we have to either choose this world or the Hereafter; to obey the self and Satan or servitude of God.
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When encountered by afflictions, we have to look into the book of Shari'ah step by step. Wherever we find it clear and sound, we should step forward and act upon it and in doubtful instances we have to stop and have self-control.
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"To see himself in the presence of God and to know that God is aware of him, present everywhere and observer of all of his states and deeds."
There's no doubt in the fact that if one pays attention to this point it is sufficient for him and it has all the difficult themes and results of Mathematics...
The Ayatollah was a scholar who acted upon his knowledge, a perfect jurist, a virtuous traditionist, a skilled wise man, a precise man of Usul, a verifier of narrators of hadith, a man who acquired knowledge of what is rational and what is transmitted. He was born in March 1893, coinciding with the ...
Once Muhammad Taqi Bahjat objected to one of the students of the late Akhund Khorasani, when he was teaching the lessons of the book Kifayah due to his being imprecise in determining these subjects, but in the next session he was faced with anger and a great deal of objection from the students prior...
"Muhammad Taqi Bahjat attracted the attention of Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi through his precise comments and important queries, so much so that I remember the class went out of its normalcy once and this continued for several days.
Ayatollah Bahjat did not continue to ask more questions fleeing away...
The late Allamah Muhammad Taqi Jafari says, "When we were being taught the book Makasib by the late Sheikh Kadhim Shirazi, Ayatollah Bahjat used to attend his class, too. I very well remember that the late Sheikh Kadhim Shirazi used to listen and often verify when faced by a confusing question by A...
Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi says: "The moral and spiritual attractiveness of Ayatollah Bahjat was the main reason which attracted me to his class at the beginning. But I realized, as time went by, that he was distinguished by a prominent scholarly and juristic status; therefore, I tried to attend one of ...
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...
Hujjat al-Islam Khosro Shahi says: "I used to attend the kharij course in fiqh, Khiarat topic, taught by the late Grand Ayatollah Sheik Morteza Haeri, but his health deteriorated during the last days of his holy life; therefore, most of his classes were suspended because he could not continue ...
Ayatollah Bahjat made an effort to cultivate himself since his very young age. He was affording the attainment of knowledge and purifying the soul a great deal of attention.
He always insisted on continuous effort strengthening man's moral building which enables him to struggle against his own d...
Ayatollah Bahjat used to start his daily program, despite his age, by paying a visit to the shrine of Lady Fatima al-Ma'soumah, peace be upon her. He daily is honored by performing the rites of the ziarah to Lady Ma'soumah and stands before the sacred shrine with humility and full respect then r...
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, ...
Lucky those who don't only utter the words [of the Quran]
That they can understand.
One said that when I recite Sura Yaseen, out of happiness and pleasure, it's as if I'm eating sugar.
Therefore the pious know Sura Yaseen by heart. They never abandon it!
May God give us the success to be grateful!
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• About the Center
The Center for Compilation and Publication of the Works of Grand Ayatollah Bahjat, was founded by the efforts and endeavors of a group of students, lovers and devotees of the great mystic Ayatollah Bahjat, in the year 2001.
The Institute has obtained abundant achievements under...
Invocating God (Zikr), which has no limits, consists of Zikr with the heart and tongue, as well as bodily Zikr, because all religious obligations, and all that pleases God are Zikr of God.
Invocating God (Zikr), which has no limits, consists of Zikr with the heart and tongue, as well as bodily Z...