Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani

Grand Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani (Persian: محمدتقی بهجت فومنی) (24 August 1916 – 17 May 2009) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja'.

Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani
Grand Ayatollah Bahjat Foumani
Personal
Born24 August 1916
Died17 May 2009(2009-05-17) (aged 92)
Qom, Iran
ReligionIslam, Shia Twelver
Other namesAyatollah Taqi Bahjat
Senior posting
Based inQom
Period in office1916–2009
PostMarja'
WebsiteThe Center for Compilation and Publication of the Works of Grand Ayatollah Bahjat

Biography

Ayatullah Mohammad-Taqi was born on 24 August 1916 in the Fouman, Gilan province in the north of Iran. Mohammad's mother died when he was at an early age and he lived with father. Bahjat's father sold cookies to gain as income.[1] He started his primary education from Fouman. At the age 14, he went to Karbala then Najaf, Iraq to continue his advanced education. After returning to Iran on 1945, he resided in Qom and at the Qom Seminary, Mohammad-Taqi taught jurisprudence and theology.[2][3]

Teachers

While he lived in Najaf, he was a student of Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani, Shaikh Muhammad Kadhim Shirazi, Mirza Hussein Naini, Agha Zia Addin Araghi, and Shaikh Muhammad Hussain al-Gharawi. Also, Ali Tabatabaei (known as Ayatollah Qadhi) was his teacher in spirituality and gnosticism. In Qom, he attended the class of Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi.[3][1]

Students

He had many students including: Morteza Motahhari, Abdollah Javadi-Amoli, Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani, Mohammad Yazdii, Ahmad Azari Qomi, Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, Mahdi Hosseini Rohani, Azizollah Khoshvaght, and Zaynolabideen Ghorbani[1]

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 the Ahl al-Bayt, especially Imam Al-Husayn, which he had originally written in Persian. He left behind a large number of compilations, including: Kitab-e Salaat, Jama'e al-Masa’el,[2] Zakhirah al-Ebaad Leyawm al-Maa`d, Tuzih al-Masaa'il, and Manaasek-e Hajj.[4][5][1]

Death

On 17 May 2009, Bahjat died in Qom at the age of 92 . He was buried in the Fatima Masumeh Shrine.[2][6]

See also

References

  1. Adham Nejad, Mohammad Taqi. "Mohammad Taqi Bahjat (Ayatollah Bahjat), mystic". Bagher al-Olum Institute. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. Shahbaz, Ali. "Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Bahjat Foumani". Imam Reza Network. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  3. Asma, Zainab (20 November 2013). "Biography of Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Bahjat". Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. "Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Taqi Bahjat Foumani". Compiled by: Syed Ali Shahbaz. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. "Glimpses of the Life of Grand Ayatullah Bahjat". tebyan.net. 18 May 2015.
  6. "Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Behjat". Asma Zainab. 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
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