One fine summer day when I was at the residence of Ayatollah Kashani located in Tehran’s Pamenar Street, Mr. Kashani, referring to Imam Khomeini, remarked: “Be grateful of this Sayyid, for this Sayyid will save you. O you ignorant, be grateful of this Sayyid!”
Narrator: Ayatollah Sadeq Khalkhali
Source: Along with the Sunlight, vol. 3, p. 56