🔵 Sheikh Ahmad is a simple, popular, and revolutionary clergy member who is remembered fondly in our town. Unfortunately, he has developed Alzheimer’s and no longer leads congregational prayers or leaves his house. We pray to God for his healing. He often shared very short and concise advice about Islam and the revolution between the two prayers. It is famous that one day he told the worshipers:
“You always have the duty to defend the revolution. If one day you are on a bus, in a gathering, or somewhere and you see a few counter-revolutionaries gathered and speaking rationally against the revolution, and you cannot answer them or don’t know what to say, you should not remain silent and say nothing. At the very least, go up to them and say, ‘It’s not quite the way you’re saying.'”
🔵 Dr. Abbas, the plain and popular physician in our town, is not well known to many. He is a general practitioner.
When a patient visits his office, he observes their appearance. He looks for the slightest excuse not to charge them a consultation fee. He is also his own receptionist.
About fifteen years ago, I went to his office. He didn’t know me either. I went in wearing slippers, which was enough for him not to take the consultation fee. I realized he noticed my slippers. I pulled a stack of money out of my pocket, yet he still didn’t take it.
If his patient needs specialized and more precise treatment, while handing them their prescription, he tells them, “Now go see a good doctor too.”