On certain days we would convey to the Imam messages such as for instance an ailing person wanted to see him even at two in the afternoon meaning right at the time when as a rule the Imam after hours of work, study and meeting with people needed to take rest and nobody should disturb him. However, not once did we hear him protest and say that it was his time to take rest and not the right time for visit and so forth; on the contrary we noticed that at such times the Imam would personally come behind the door of the house and enquire: “Which person is going to see me?”
Name of the narrator: Hujjat al-Islam wal Muslimeen Ansari Kermani, Some Unique Memories from Imam Khomeini’s Life, vol. 2.
Title of the Book: Impressions and Memoirs about Imam Khomeini's Practical Behaviour, vol. 1, chapter two, page 161