For a long time I would sleep with the Imam when my mother was away traveling. He would say that it was not necessary for me to sleep beside him because my sleep was easily disturbed and this bothered him. Even the alarm clock that was for his waking up, I saw him wrap it inside something and take it two rooms further away so that when it would ring, I would not wake up. Midnight I was awake but did not show it and pretended to be asleep because he wanted to recite the non-mandatory midnight prayers. Next morning in order to see whether I was awake or not told me: “Did you hear the ring of the alarm clock?” I did not want to tell the truth or to lie and retorted: “Was the clock in your room that I should wake up?” he also came to know that I was acting clever and said: “Answer me first. Did you wake up to the ring of the alarm clock?” I was compelled to say yes agreeing that I was probably awake because the ring of the alarm clock was really very distant and very low. It was there that he stated: “you must no longer sleep in my room because I am always concerned that you will wake up.” I replied that I especially wanted somebody to sleep in your room. (It was the time when he had suffered from a heart problem and had arrived in Tehran). We want someone to sleep in your room so that he wakes up if there is any inconvenience for you. He stated: “No, go and ask your daughter Layla to come to my room. After some days had passed he said: “It is no longer necessary for Laila also to sleep here because she puts away the blanket from her body and I am always compelled to wake up and cover her body with it.”
Did you hear the ring of the alarm clock? Mrs. Zahra Mustafawi;