One night a group of Muslim students from Europe had come to see the Imam at the blessed shrine of the Commander of the Faithful Hadrat ‘Ali (‘a). Their external appearances in our opinion were an undesirable appearance in the environment both in terms of outward facial appearance and clothing as well as from the viewpoint of way of speaking and public relations. But we witnessed that the Imam spoke with them in such a manner as if he was sitting and talking to his longtime friends. They were so mesmerized by the Imam that after a few minutes of talking they stood up and went away with a world of strength, faith and hope from beside him.
It was as if he was talking to his longtime friends: Ayatullah Karimi