In Najaf, various levels of academics must keep within the frontiers and limits of the hierarchy. For example a seminary student could not discuss or publish at the level of a tutor while a tutor could not make statements and express views at the level of a religious authority while a religious authority could not operate at the level of a Source of Emulation. Each of these individuals must keep to their limits and it was not customary for a Source of Emulation to intend to visit the home of a poor seminary student. It was the tradition that all must respect the authority of the Sources of Emulation and the prominent theologians and go to visit them as a duty. However, when the Imam arrived in Najaf, he visited each and every one of the tutors of the Najaf 'Hawzah' or TheologicalSchool and meet with the seminary students. One can say with certainty that throughout the Shi'ite history, there wasn't a source of emulation who in the period of his religious authority had visited the colleges of the Najaf theological school and spoken with the freshmen seminary students and had looked into their living condition. But it was the Imam who threw away all superficial protocols and laid the foundations of a virtuous Islamic tradition in Najaf.[1]
[1]He dispensed with all superficial protocols: Hujjat al-Islam Muhtashami-Pur