Career
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. 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:
Kitab-e Salaat
Jama"e al-Masa’el
Zakhirah al-Ebaad Leyawm al-Maa'd
Tuzih al-Masaa"il
Manaasek-e Hajj
Shaykh Bahjat died on 17 May 2009 in Qum.
