Despite his advanced age, Imam would fast the 18-hour fasts in the month of Ramadhan in the 50 degree temperatures of Najaf.
He would break his fast after the Magrib and Isha congregational prayers.
Early one evening he found out that Shah's agents in Iraq wanted to execute a group of innocent people. As a protest, Imam suspended the congregational prayers. He called upon the governor of Najaf so that perhaps he could save the lives of some of those Muslims.
(Hujjatal Islam Syed Hameed Rouhani)