One example is that when an erudite scholar’s son expires...

One example is that when an erudite scholar’s son expires, people tell him to be patient that Imam Husayn (a.s.) too lost his son in the prime of youth. This is Tadhakkur. Sermonizing or moralizing is done irrespective of the age of the person who is the subject of this. The person who moralizes can be raw and young and the person he talks to could be highly learned and old!

Sometimes it does happen that a child says something and an old and learned person draws benefit from the Tadhakkur of the infant! Imam Husayn (a.s.) Talks to ‘Ali Akbar You must have heard that Hadrat Imam…