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...

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...

Once Ayatollah Bahjat went to Lady Masumah’s holy shrine for Ziarah in the winter. There he was told that the holy shrine was closed because it was under construction. He did not allow them to open the door for him; For him, they would certainly open it. He told them that he would say Salam to Lady ...

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...