Ayatollah Bahjat Morning Prayer

  • 15 years ago
He was born in Fouman, Gilan Province, Iran. At the age of 14, he moved to Karbala, Iraq to continue his religious studies. Four years later, he moved to Najaf to complete his studies under Ayatollah Taleghani and Ayatollah Naeini. He taught in the Seminary of Qom, Iran.[1]

He was a student of Abul Hasan Isfahani and Mirza Naini

It is said that he had deep knowledge in mysticism (Ilme Irfan).[1]

Ayatollah Bahjat was among one of the most revered Shia clerics, whose religious decrees were followed by many Shia Muslims.

Bahjat died at the age of 96, at the Vali-e-Asr Hospital in the city of Qom on Sunday 17 May, 2009, from heart disease.

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