His face was fully soiled. Many were martyred. There was no hope for victory, and he had to keep it to himself. All soldiers were focusing on him. He was the army commander. He went into the trench, and picked up the phone. I was still awake, staring at clock hands....

During the thirty years when I was at the service of various scholars, the committee on answering questions would meet, with the religious authority attending it, in order to answer difficult legal questions. To find the answer, Hadith collections or inferential books were referred to, and then the ...

At everybody’s insistence, he agreed to go on Hajj pilgrimage, but provided that nobody was informed. He asked me, “Is it ok with your wife if you come with me?” I replied, “Absolutely!” At the time of Hajj, all preparations were made. Some were informed of his Hajj pilgrimage. For sure other Irania...

I liked to know what he would do when he was alone. I wanted to take a picture of him in seclusion by any possible means. I placed a tiny camera between the books in the top shelf of his bookcase and waited... As usual, he came on time. Before he sat down, he looked up at the top shelf and asked, “W...

I wanted to slap him in the ear. Can an insult be more terrible than that?! I was furious! Didn’t he know him?! I could not easily overlook his boldness. One slap was not enough for him at all. But Ayatollah Bahjat did not even lift his head to see who he is!...

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He was eager to talk to him individually at least once; But he could not! He would accompany him so that, if possible, he could realize his dream. His wait, albeit long, was futile, and he could hardly wait. One day he risked telling Ayatollah Bahjat, “Sir! I want you to have a private meeting with ...

SAVAK (The Pahlavi Intelligence Service) was looking for me. They put so intolerable pressures on me that I had to hide for a while....

In Fatemiyyah mosque, I saw Ayatollah Bahjat coming toward me; His face was flushed, but coming gently; When he reached me, he asked me, “Do you have any money?” I could feel the way he was looking at me. Confused and not knowing the reason for his question, I said, “Yes, I do!” Accusingly he said, ...

His Risalah (Book of Islamic Laws) was published seven times under no name, and he did not let his name to be written. When we insisted and he agreed, he only allowed us to write, "The servant of God, Mohammad Taqi Bahjat" of course, reluctantly. When his treatise on Hajj was published, his name was...