Imam Khomeini also on several occasions through his messages and speeches recommended the lady Fatima (PBUH) as a divine role model for humanity through all ages and eras.
The holy lady Fatima is mother of infallible Imams who continued the mission of the holy prophet of Islam and guided the generations.
Imam believed that if the mankind follow the divine character of the lady Fatima, they could be relived form all social and moral declines.
Divine lady Fatima assisted her father, the holy prophet of Islam, in early days of Islam in promoting and conveying the divine message to the mankind at a very sensitive juncture of the history.
Lady Fatima granted the women with great dignity and raised their status and positions among the mankind societies.
The auspicious occasion of anniversary of the divine lady Fatima (PBUH) is celebrated as a women and mother day in Iran.
It is worthy to mention that Imam Khomeini’s birthday also coincides with the anniversary of the auspicious birth of Hadrat Fatima( PBUH).
Imam Khomeini, born into a religious family in the beginning of the 20th century, led the most important revolutions of the contemporary era.
The victory of Islamic Revolution under wise leadership of Imam Khomeini in 1979 changed the balance of power in the interest of the oppressed nations across the globe.
Imam Khomeini through his messages and speeches to adopt the people of the household of the holy prophet of Islam as a role model in brining up and training of the generations.
Imam once in this regard said as following:
We must take this family as our role model, our women should try to emulate their women, and our men their men. All of us should learn from all of them. They dedicated their lives to the support of the oppressed and to the revival of the divine traditions. We should follow their example and dedicate our lives to them. He who knows the history of Islam, knows that each member of this family was a perfect human being, even more than that, a divine being, a spiritual person who rose up for the people and for the oppressed against those who sought to destroy them.
11 April 1979 (22 Farvardin 1358 AHS)
Imam on another occasion said:
Strive to purify your character and to make your friends do likewise. Strive so that you react to the outrages committed against you. In your attempts to uphold all the qualities that make up the great character of woman, be as that unique woman, Hazrat Fatima Zahra, upon whom be peace, was. All of us should take our exemplar from Islam by looking at her and her children, and being as she was. Strive to acquire learning and godliness, for learning is not the preserve of any one person, learning is for all, godliness is for all, and striving to acquire learning and achieve godliness is the duty of us all.
12 March 1985 (21 Isfand 1363 AHS)