Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani

Mohammad Taqi Bahjat Foumani
Religion Islam
Other names Shaikh Bahjat
Personal
Born 1915
Fouman, Iran
Died 17 May 2009
Qum, Iran
Senior posting
Based in Fouman, Qum, Iran
Title Grand Ayatollah
Period in office 1915 - 2009
Religious career
Post Grand Ayatollah
Website www.bahjat.ir

Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Bahjat Foumani (Persian: محمدتقی بهجت فومنی) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja born in late 1334 Hijra Calendar (1915 A.D.). He was a student of Ayatollah Ali Tabatabaei, Ayatollah Taleghani, Abu al-Hasan Isfahani and Mirza Naini. He taught in the Seminary of Qom, Iran and died at the Vali-e-Asr Hospital in Qum at the age of 94.[1][2]

Legacy

He started teaching Kharij al-Fiqh and the Usool since early 1960 and served approximately 50 years in teaching theological subjects at his house. He composed poems of praise and eulogy for Ahl al-Bayt, especially Imam Husayn, which he had originally written in Persian. He has left behind a large number of compilations, including:

  1. Kitab-e Salaat
  2. Jama'e al-Masa’el
  3. Zakhirah al-Ebaad Leyawm al-Maa`d
  4. Tuzih al-Masaa'il
  5. Manaasek-e Hajj[3][4]

Shaykh Bahjat died on 17 May 2009 in Qum .[5]

References

  1. "Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Bahjat Foumani". Compiled: Syed Ali Shahbaz. Retrieved 28 Sep 2014.
  2. tehran times : Grand Ayatollah Behjat passes away
  3. "Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Bahjat Foumani". Compiled by: Syed Ali Shahbaz.
  4. "Glimpses of the Life of Grand Ayatullah Bahjat". tebyan.net. 18 May 2015.
  5. "Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Behjat". Asma Zainab. 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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