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

Imam Khomeini called on faithful people to wake up for a while from this deep slumber

Imam Khomeini through his theological works called on faithful people to wake up for a while from this deep slumber and decorate themselves with divine virtues.

Devotion of the late founder of the Islamic Republic for Imam Hussein (a.s.)

A memoir by Agha Ahmad Bahai al-Din

The Necessity of Islamic Government in Modern Day from Imam Khomeini’s perspective Kobra Lashkari.

In Imam Khomeini’s opinion, if a person is the most knowledgeable in Religion Science, but fails to recognize the expedient of society or generally lacks in insight the social and political context and in decision making power, this person is not Mujtahid in social and governance issues and cannot take the reigns of the community.