On the completion of his studies he was offered a position of religious leadership in his hometown, but declined, and in 1835 traveled to the Shia shrine city of Karbala in the Ottoman Empire to study directly under Siyyid Kázim.
On the completion of his studies he was offered a position of religious leadership in his hometown, but declined. After a brief period in Tehran, in 1835 he traveled to the Shia shrine city of Karbala in the Ottoman Empire to study directly under Siyyid Kázim.