What we are told about the dear Iraqi brothers' behavior in the Mawkeb on the way to Karbala and your generous behavior toward the pilgrims walking to Imam Hussain’s shrine are things that are unprecedented. Such things are unprecedented in today’s world. The Arbaeen walk is unprecedented in history; such is your generous behavior, in the true sense of the word! You have shown Islamic generosity and the Arab’s generosity through your conduct and your actions. All of this originates from love for the Master of the Martyrs (pbuh), love for Hussain ibn Ali. You do these things because you greatly love Imam Hussain (pbuh). You wash the feet of the pilgrims walking to Hussain and you help their bodies when they have become extremely fatigued. You massage them, feed them, and provide them with places to sleep because they are the pilgrims of Hussain (pbuh). This love for Hussain ibn Ali (pbuh) is an extraordinary matter. We do not know of similar events anywhere else in the world or at any other time in the world.
Ayatollah Khamenei
Sept. 18, 2019
