The Imam would always pay visits alone. He would not go in a group and hated to wait for companions and indulge in nepotism and favoritism. Shaykh Hasan Sani‘i narrates that one day in Qum; the Imam wished to visit one of the theologians but did not have his address and asked him for the address. He narrates that however much he urged to accompany to the house of the theologian as a guide, the Imam did not accept.
He would not walk in the company of friends and acquaintances: Ruhani