Ayatullah Seyyed Mahdi Shams al-Din (famous as Seyyed Shams) was born on 1958 in the holy city of Qom. At the age of 12 he started his theological studies in Hawza and simultaneously was entrusted by his noble father Seyyed Sadiq Shams(RA) to Ayatullah al-Udhma Behjat(RA) as his personal master, with whom he naturally developed a very intimate bond with. At that time he also started preaching and since then has spent over 30 years travelling around the globe spreading the True Islam of Muhammad(S). Despite his young age it is several years since he reached the level of Ijtihad, however as it is not his demeanour to pay attention to titles few know of his scholarly rank and hence he is still referred to as "Hujjat ul-Islam". Instead he continued with his studies, spreading True Islam and serving the people. He has written over one hundred books and articles not to mention the number of speeches he has delivered; in a total he is away half the year lecturing!

As a first-degree mystic (aref), who has been trained under perhaps the greatest mystic of our times, Ayatullah al-Udhma Behjat(RA), it is not necessary to mention him being in constant state of remembrance (dhikr), his prayers and worship, his serving of people, his minimal amount of sleep and food, his God-consciousness and the like.

A few delicate points regarding Seyyed Shams(HA) will be narrated which are the sweet fruits of his self-building and gnosis.

Imam Jafar as-Sadiq(A) says:

"Wisdom lays not in extensive knowledge but rather being able to convey that knowledge in as few words as possible."

Seyyed Shams(HA) is truly a fountain of wisdom and the thirst of every questioner is quenched by the answers he give. He always look upon the level the questioner is on and answer according to his state, according to the prophetic saying:

"Talk to people on the level they understand."

Many times he has been asked deep and complicated mystical (irfani) questions, which others either could not answer or did not answer satisfyingly. Every time Seyyed Shams(HA) thinks for a second, usually gives a small foreword and then always says, "In one sentence...", and then sums, ties up and puts forth the answer of an entire ocean in just one sentence, which leaves the questioner amazed and in thoughts until the day after!

Another of his features which everyone notice, some more then others, is his breathtaking scent. When he sits in a room the fragrance of musk fills it. If you walk where he has been the minute earlier you will still smell his scent. At times it even happenes that his aroma precedes him, in a way that you can feel his arrival before he has actually entered!
It is sufficient to say that no ordinary perfume can accomplish such a strong scent; rather it is the aroma that comes from the flower of God-consciousness. And considering that he has reformed his heart into a garden of roses it is quite naturally that such a heavenly scent will encompass him.

The mention of dreams, visions, unveilings and miracles pertaining to him would burn up the paper and break apart the pen in awe; hence they have been left out.