He was fascinated by the theological and academic instructions of such eminent scholars such as Ayatollah Hakim and Ayatollah Shahrudi. He attended their lessons and was willing to stay there and continue his studies in order to profit from these excellent teachers. However his father made it known that he preferred his son continue his advanced studies in the holy city of Qum.
A shekarar 1336 hijira shamsiyya (1957) ne Ayatullah Khamene'i ya tafi birnin Najaf al-Ashraf da nufin ziyarar wajaje masu tsarki, bayan isarsa da halartar darussan Bahasul Kharij na manyan malaman hauzar birnin Najaf din irin su marigayi Sayyid Muhsin Hakim, Sayyid Mahmud Shahrudi, Mirza bakir Zanjani, Sayyid Yahya Yazdi da Mirza Hasan Bujunurdi sai ya ji zuciyarsa ta nitsu da yadda ake karantarwa don haka ya kuduri aniyar zama da ci gaba da karatunsa a wajen. Sai dai mahaifinsa ya ki amincewa.