An Iraqi citizen has described very interesting memoirs regarding Imam Khomeini’s years of exile in Iraq and his stay in the holy city of Najaf. During a visit to Iran, the Iraqi guest recalled that sometimes Imam did not use to respond their greetings during unintended encounters.
He recently registered the memoirs in a guest book which has been kept at Imam Khomeini’s Hosseiniah, in Tehran’s northern neighborhood of Jamaran. Pilgrims around the globe write down their expression or memoirs about Imam and the Islamic Revolution.
It is worthy to mention that the Hosseiniah is a site where Imam Khomeini used to deliver his historic speeches following the victory of the Islamic Revolution under his wise leadership in 1979.
During a visit to Iran, the Iraqi guest recalled that sometimes Imam did not used to respond their greetings during unintended encounters.
But they later came to know that Imam used to do so for their safety because everyone who was found suspected of maintaining contacts with the great leader, the then Iraq's B’aati regime would harm him.
In another memoirs, it has also been recalled that The late founder of the Islamic Republic used to visit the holy shrine of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) twice a day while in exile in the holy city of Najaf.
Relatives and people within close circle of Imam Khomeini recall that he used to say prayers and recite supplications at the holy site every day. This is while the other religious authorities or spiritual figures just visited the holy mausoleum once or twice in a week.
Once he was asked the reason for his too much devotion towards Imam Ali (PBUH), at this he replied that “it would be a great loss if someone doesn’t benefit while sitting along occasion of knowledge.”
Imam Khomeini, who established the Islamic Republic system in Iran, changed the balanced of power put Iran on the track of progress and changed the balance of power in the interest of oppressed nations.