You should expand and continue jihadi camps (camps where students engage in volunteering to help others, particularly the underprivileged class). I became happy that a youth came here and spoke about jihadi camps. All the things that he said are approved by me. These jihadi camps are a practice and a service and they are a way to engage in self-edification and to familiarize oneself with the social environment. They are a very valuable thing. You should be able to develop them on a daily basis. They are a jihadi task as well. They are really a jihadi task. They involve work, jihad, endeavor and service to underprivileged classes.
The statements that were made today about villages are statements that we have been saying to different administrations for many years. This is one example of the issue that I discussed before saying prayers – that the Leadership cannot interfere in executive tasks except for some specific cases. I have offered many recommendations to different administrations – including the current one, the former administration and the administrations before that – about the issue of villages. There are clear ways to attend to villages. The youth in the meeting referred to some of these ways. One is developing industries which are suitable for villages. If these industries are developed, this will be a very efficient course of action.
Statements made in a meeting with a number of students from throughout the country; July 2, 2016.
Ayatollah Khamenei has often praised young students who engage in volunteer work, helping to bring about better conditions for the underprivileged. The following are two examples, wherein the Supreme Leader praises and thanks the young volunteers. The two letters were written in 2003 by Ayatollah Khamenei, addressed to two different groups of young volunteers who worked hard to help the underprivileged:
In the name of God
I thank you all, and ask God to protect you. The desire to serve the people and to endure the difficulties that come with it is a shining light in a person’s heart: do your best to expand on this virtue, as much as you can; do not allow the pests of greed, ostentation and sloth to tarnish it. Keep your intentions divine for the sake of God, seek assistance from Him and spend your best on it.
I wish you success,
Sayyid Ali Khamenei
December 6, 2003.
Peace and greetings to the Al-e-Yassin Student Association, while they construct, serve, build and do good for people. And this indeed--serving and construction--is primarily doing good for themselves: “those who act righteously only prepare for their own souls.” [Quran 30:44]
May you be successful God willing.
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