Biography He was born in 1334 A.H. (1915 A.D.) in Fuman
(Iran). His father Karbala’i Muhammad Bahjat was a trustworthy and reliable
personality of that region.
Ayatollah Bahjat finished his primary education in a Maktab School of Fuman.
Later, in Fuman he began his religious education until 1929, when he went to Qom after
completing studies in Arabic grammar and literature. After a short stay Qom, Ayatollah
Bahjat migrated to the holy city of Karbalaa (Iraq) and attended the lectures of some
great scholars such as Sayyid Abul Qasim al-Khu'i. In 1933, he left Karbala for Najaf to
complete his studies, there he attended the lectures of one of Akhund Khurasani's
students. After attendint the classes of Ayatollah Dia' al-`Iraqi and Ayatollah Mirza
Na'ini', he began attending the lectures of Ayatollah Hajj Shaykh Muhammad Husayn
al-Gharawi al-Isfahani (known as al-Kumpani). Shaykh Bahjat has also benefited a great
deal from the lectures of Ayatollah al-Uzma Hajj Sayyid Abul Hasan al-Isfahani and Hajj
Shaykh Muhammad Kazim Shirazi. Apart from Fiqh (jurisprudence) and Usool (principles of
jurisprudence) Ayatollah Bahjat studied the book "al-Isharat" of Ibn Sina
(Avicenna) and al-Asfar al-Arba`a of Mulla Sadra Shirazi under the late Sayyid Husayn
al-Baadkoube'i.
In 1944, Bahjat returned to Iran and became Ayatollah al-Uzma
al-Kouhkamar'i's student, while also attending Ayatollah Boroujerdi's lectures on Fiqh and
Usool. For the last fifty years, he has been teaching the Kharij level of Fiqh and Usool
in his home to avoid publicity.
*His works:
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