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- Introduction
- Glimpses of the Life of Grand Ayatullah Bahjat
- A Quick Look at Some Biographies of Professors of Grand Ayatullah Sheikh Bahjat
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- Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Agha Al-Qadi
- Grand Ayatullah al-Gharawi al-Isfahani
- Grand Ayatullah al-Hajj Sheikh Muhammad Kadhim al-Shirazi
- Grand Ayatullah Mirza Muhammad Husayn al-Naeeni
- Grand Ayatullah Agha Diya ad-Deen al-Iraqi
- Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani
- Grand Ayatullah Sheikh Murtaďa al-Taleqani
- The wise `Allama Sayyid Husayn Badkubah-Ay
- Grand Ayatullah the authority Kuwah-Kamrah-Ay
- Grand Ayatullah Burujardi
- His Scholarly Status and Particular Teaching Method
- Ethical and Gnostic Characteristics of Grand Ayatullah Bahjat
- 1. His Piety and God-Fearing
- 2. His Asceticism and Simplicity of Lifestyle
- 3. His Adoration
- 4. His Ziyara and Pleas
- 5. His Humbleness
- 6. His Life, Conduct and Spiritual Status
- 7. Acquaintance with the Unknown and Manifestation of Temporal Miracles
- 8. His Special Care for Shari'a Matters
- 9. Personified Practical Emulation
- 10. Urging Others to Seek Perfection and Spirituality
- 11. Systems, Programming Actions
- 12. Continual Dhikr practice
- 13. Thinking before Speaking
- 14. Keeping Spiritual Conditions Secret
- 15. Indirect Cultivation
- The Marji`iyya of Grand Ayatullah Sheikh Bahjat, his Wisdom and Political Awareness
- Ayatullah Bahjat According to Others
- Fountain of Wisdom, a Group of Teachings and Instructions by Grand Ayatullah Sheikh Bahjat
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- 1. Treatment of Pretension and the Value of Knowledge
- 2. Conditions of Vigilance of the Heart, Finding Pleasure in Adoration and Prayer
- 3. Sincerity of Intention, Conjoining Knowledge and Deed
- 4. Reliance on and Trust in Allah
- 5. Result of Human Perfection
- 6. Serving the Imam of the Time (aj)
- 7. Precision in Narrating Traditions
- 8. Practical Call
- 9. Avoiding Transgressions
- 10. Secrets of the Prayer
- 11. Ethics of Ziyara
- 12. Conforming to Moderation in Teaching and Educating the Offspring and Finding Diversity for Them
- 13. Value of the Tahajjud and the Standing During the Ashar
- 14. Continuous Dhikr
- 15. One Should not Admire his Good Deeds
- 16. First Step in Treading the Path Towards Allah
- 17. Earning Support of the Imam of the Time (aj)
- 18. Necessity of Avoiding Moral Lowliness and the Way to Reach this Goal
- 19. Value of Intellect and of Contemplation
- 20. Status of Information and Knowledge
- 21. Student’s Duties
- 22. Non-Reliance on Life
- 23. Interest in Spirituality
- 24. Moderation in Apprehension and Anticipation
- 25. Reliance on the Lord
- 26. Acting Upon Knowledge
- 27. Love for what is most Perfect Prevents Evils
- 28. Great Status of Prayer
- 29. Path of Nearness to Allah
- 30. Method of Self-Discipline
- 31. True Asceticism
- 32. Method to Firm the Relationship with Ahl al-Bayt (as) especially with the Imam of the Time (aj)
- 33. The Path of Knowing Allah
- 34. Foot Kissing is not Prohibitive
- 35. Status of Supplication
- Excerpts From Lessons by Grand Ayatullah Sheikh Bahjat
- Excerpts From Pieces of Wisdom and Instructions of Grand Ayatullah Bahjat
- Tales Narrated by Grand Ayatullah Sheikh Bahjat
- 1. Value of Prayer in its Early Time
- 2. Keeping Sunan Alive
- 3. Clemency and Generosity of the Imams (as)
- 4. Value of Ablution and Purification
- 5. Personality of Sheikh Muhammad Husayn Kampani
- 6. Feeling Pleased with whatever Pleases Allah
- 7. Blessing and Greatness of the Wilaya
- 8. Value of Sincerity in Action
- 9. Keeping a Firm Foot on the Creed
- 10. Attention Paid to the Imam of the Time (aj) of True Shiites
- 11. Seeking the Lord Wholeheartedly
- 12. Care Paid by al-Zahra (as) to her Offspring
- 13. How Friends of Allah Live
- 14. Cultivating the Nafs: a Condition to Earn Serving the Imam of the Time (aj)
- 15. Result of Seeking Nearness to Allah Through the Medium of Imam Al-Riďa (as)
- 16. Real Ziyara
- 17. Satisfaction of Sheikh Ansari
- 18. Seeing the Lights of the Qur’anic Verses
- 19. Significance of Student Culturing
- 20. Contemplation is Better than a year’s Adoration
- 21. Success Coming from Protection against Sinning
- 22. Impact of the “Wahsha” Prayer on the Dead
- 23. Role of Obligations in the Lifestyles of Great Men
Uswat Al-Aarifeen A Look at the Life of Ayatullah Bahjat
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Author(s): Yasin T. Al-Jibouri
Publisher(s): Al-Kharsan Foundation for Publications
Category: Scholars
Topic Tags: Life Teachings Scholars
Person Tags: Ayatullah Bahjat
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A summary of what has been written about the dreat gnostic Ayatullah Bahjat. It includes anecdotes from his life, his teachings and the views of others.
Introduction
Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the Worlds. Praise to Allah Who sent, from the gardens of His Mercy, trustees: messengers to guide people to the straight path. Then He made Imamate and Wilayat a fountainhead from which thirsty souls drink. Then He granted, from the mountain of His generosity, abundance of fiqh after the absence of His greatest wali (as) so the righteous remnant from among the seekers of the truth may quench their thirst from it.
Since that day, hundreds of years have passed. During them, many divine theologians came and went by; each one of them was like a torch that lit the path for those who tread it. Some of them earned fame; their name became prominent, whereas some of them remained unknown across these centuries. As regarding the creed's faqihs, they had another pull when they mixed biographies in the fiqh-related views with the conduct in the worlds of the unknown.
Our contemporary faqih, Ayatullah Bahjat, is one of those described by Imam Ali (as) in these words: "Great is the Creator in their hearts, so everything besides Him is in their eyes small." He is a great wise man. The light of his presence glitters
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