Imam's letter to the Soviet Union leader contained much wisdom and sound advice

Imam Khomeini then suggested that, if Mikhail Gorbachev desired to become more familiar with Islamic concepts, the Soviet leader should command his scholars to study the philosophical works of al-Farabi, Avicenna, Sohravardi and Mullah Sadra to become familiar with the “nature of knowledge” which is different from the “nature of matter.”

Imam Khomeini presented deep concept of Hadiths

Imam Khomeini explained how to extinguish the fire of anger

Imam guarded himself against any possible sin or backbiting.

A memoir by Seyyed Izzad al-Din Zanjani

Imam called on Gorbachev to study Islam earnestly

After mentioning these problems and preliminary points, let me call on you to study Islam earnestly, not because Islam and the Muslims may need you but because Islam has exalted universal values which can bring comfort and salvation to all nations and remove the basic problems of mankind, Imam Khomeini wrote in a historic letter to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

The years of spiritual and Intellectual Formation of Imam

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini’s spiritual development was, however, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Shahabadi (d. 1328 Sh. /1950); to him the Imam refers in a number of his works as shaykhuna and ‘arif-I kamil, and his relationship with him was that of a murid with his murshid.

Religious democracy from the viewpoint of Shia jurists

A comparative study between Imam Khomeini and Ayatollah Mohammad Mehdi Shams Uddin thoughts Author: Mohsen Yazdani University: Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Law and Political Science Year: 2010