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'''Muhammad Taqi Bahjat''' (Persian: محمدتقی بهجت) (1334-1430 A.H./ 1295-1388 S.H./ 1916-2009) was a Shiite authority ([[marja']]) and a contemporary mystic. He was born in 1295 S.H. (1916). He went to [[Karbala]] to study Islamic disciplines in 1348 A.H. (1929), and then in 1352 A.H. (1933) he went to [[Najaf]]. After a while he went back to Iran in 1363 A.H. (1943) and started teaching in the Islamic Seminary of [[Qum]]. Ayatollah Bahjat was a pupil of [[Sayyid 'Ali Qadi]] and was known among people and scholars for his piety. In 2009 he died in the Wali 'Asr (a) Hospital in Qum and was buried inside the Holy Shrine of [[Fatima al-Ma'suma (a)]]. | '''Muhammad Taqi Bahjat''' (Persian: محمدتقی بهجت) ,(1334-1430 A.H./ 1295-1388 S.H./ 1916-2009) was a Shiite authority ([[marja']]) and a contemporary mystic. He was born in 1295 S.H. (1916). He went to [[Karbala]] to study Islamic disciplines in 1348 A.H. (1929), and then in 1352 A.H. (1933) he went to [[Najaf]]. After a while he went back to Iran in 1363 A.H. (1943) and started teaching in the Islamic Seminary of [[Qum]]. Ayatollah Bahjat was a pupil of [[Sayyid 'Ali Qadi]] and was known among people and scholars for his piety. In 2009 he died in the Wali 'Asr (a) Hospital in Qum and was buried inside the Holy Shrine of [[Fatima al-Ma'suma (a)]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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===Immigration to Iraq=== | ===Immigration to Iraq=== | ||
After his preliminary studies in Fuman, Ayatollah Bahjat emigrated from his birthplace in 1348 A.H. (1929) and moved to Islamic seminaries in [[Iraq]] in order to study Islamic disciplines. He first resided in [[Karbala]] for four years. | After his preliminary studies in Fuman, Ayatollah Bahjat emigrated from his birthplace in 1348 A.H. (1929) and moved to Islamic seminaries in [[Iraq]] in order to study Islamic disciplines. He first resided in [[Karbala]] for four years. | ||
In 1352 A.H. (1933) he migrated to [[Najaf]] to finish his intermediate studies of Islamic disciplines with prominent scholars there such as [[Ayatollah Shaykh Murtada Taliqani]]. After this, he started his advanced studies in [[fiqh]] (Islamic jurisprudence) and [[usul al-fiqh]] as well as ethics and mysticism with prominent scholars and mystics in Najaf. | In 1352 A.H. (1933) he migrated to [[Najaf]] to finish his intermediate studies of Islamic disciplines with prominent scholars there such as [[Ayatollah Shaykh Murtada Taliqani]]. After this, he started his advanced studies in [[fiqh]] (Islamic jurisprudence) and [[usul al-fiqh]] as well as ethics and mysticism with prominent scholars and mystics in Najaf. | ||
===Return to Iran=== | ===Return to Iran=== | ||
After receiving permissions of [[ijtihad]] from his masters, Bahjat returned to Iran and stayed in Fuman for a few months in order to visit his family and relatives in 1363 A.H. (1943). During his sojourn in [[Gilan]] province, he travelled to different cities of the province to visit scholars. He then went to [[Qum]] in order to visit the Holy Shrine of [[Fatima al-Ma'suma (a)]] and learn about the Islamic seminary of Qum. He stayed in Qum for some months during which he heard about the death of his masters in Najaf one after one. Thus he decided to permanently stay in Qum where he became a [[marja']] (a Shiite authority) years later. | After receiving permissions of [[ijtihad]] from his masters, Bahjat returned to Iran and stayed in Fuman for a few months in order to visit his family and relatives in 1363 A.H. (1943). During his sojourn in [[Gilan]] province, he travelled to different cities of the province to visit scholars. He then went to [[Qum]] in order to visit the Holy Shrine of [[Fatima al-Ma'suma (a)]] and learn about the Islamic seminary of Qum. He stayed in Qum for some months during which he heard about the death of his masters in Najaf one after one. Thus he decided to permanently stay in Qum where he became a [[marja']] (a Shiite authority) years later. | ||
==Scholarly life== | ==Scholarly life== | ||
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===Style of teaching=== | ===Style of teaching=== | ||
Ayatollah Bahjat's style of teaching was different from that of his contemporary scholars. According to 'Ali Akbar Mas'udi Khumayni, unlike other scholars who mentioned other scholars and then defended or criticized them, Bahjat never mentioned other scholars; he just mentioned their views. Thus a pupil needed to already know the views in the literature so that he could understand the scholar to whose view Ayatollah Bahjat was referring. | Ayatollah Bahjat's style of teaching was different from that of his contemporary scholars. According to 'Ali Akbar Mas'udi Khumayni, unlike other scholars who mentioned other scholars and then defended or criticized them, Bahjat never mentioned other scholars; he just mentioned their views. Thus a pupil needed to already know the views in the literature so that he could understand the scholar to whose view Ayatollah Bahjat was referring. | ||
===Pupils=== | ===Pupils=== | ||