If you don’t have recreation, you cannot prepare yourself for studying.

If you don’t have recreation, you cannot prepare yourself for studying.[^5] Zahra Mustafavi (Imam's granddaughter) We arranged social meetings * * Imam did not neglect social gatherings with friends, and considered a social gathering to be the source of a type of help and training of the mind and preparation of it. One day, he himself said: “During my youth, no Thursday or Friday would pass except that we would arrange social gatherings with friends.

We would leave Qom and mostly head towards Jamkaran[^6]. When it snowed or rained, we busied ourselves with social programs in my room and when we would hear the sounds of the mu’adhin , all of us used to stand for prayers.[^7] Hujjatul Islam Ja’far Subhani [^1]: Bardashthayi az Seereye Imam Khomeini, Vol 1, Pg. 56 [^2]: Bardashthayi az Seereye Imam Khomeini, Vol 1, Pg. 331 [^3]: Paa be Paaye Aaftaab, Vol 3, Pg. 130 [^4]: Fasalnameye Hawze, No.

45 [^5]: Bardashthayi az Seereye Imam Khomeini, Vol 1, Pg. 60 [^6]: Area just outside of Qom [^7]: Faslnameye Hawze, No. 32 Previous…