A top Iranian Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sheikh Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat has passed away of heart problems.
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi (Taqi) Bahjat Foumani (born in 1917) was a Grand Shia Marja. Born in the northern Iranian city of Fouman, Gilan Province, Iran.
At the age of 14, he moved to Karbala, Iraq to continue his religious studies.
Four years later, he moved to Najaf to complete his studies under Ayatollah Taleghani and Ayatollah Naeini. He currently has resided and teaches in the Seminary of Qom, Iran.
Ayatollah Bahjat was among one of the most revered Iranian clerics whose religious decrees were followed by many Shia Muslims. He was a student of Abul Hasan Isfahani, Mirza Naini and Taqi Shirazi. He was well-known for his piety and the strict observance of the principles of Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence).
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