How did Imam Khomeini become the leading Marja’ in Iran after the demise of Ayatollah Boroujerdi?

Imam’s exemplary behaviour was a model

He felt deep reverence for the great Ulema

Have great aspirations in your life

He recommended his students to be regardless of mundane and material issues

Mr President First Recollection on the Imam

Allameh would like to call him the greatest of Maraje‘, even before the demise of Ayatollah Boroujerdi

Now is it my turn to sit on this pulpit?

Theology students insisted that he should sit on the pulpit and deliver his lecture.

There should be no mention of my name anywhere

It was then that I came to know of the greatness of his character.

Intellectual proficiency and etiquette

He opined that for emulation, the Shiite religious authority ought to be a ‘living’ person.

The only person useful for the people of Iran

Ayatollah Boroujerdi remarked: I intend to support a youth who can be useful for Islam and Muslims