At the beginning when the Imam came to Najaf, religious feasts such as Fitr Feast, Feats of Sacrifice, mid-Sha‘ban, Third of Sha‘ban, Thirteenth of Rajab, birthday of Her Holiness Fatimah Zahra (‘a) and such feasts the Imam would celebrate sitting in the external yard and the seminary students and the men would come to visit. But when news of imprisonment and torture of the Muslim fighters reached the ears of the Imam, he totally shunned holding and participating in these celebrations and did no longer celebrate.