Once in the shrine of Imam Husayn (‘a) the Imam was busy reciting the pilgrimage supplication when one of the attendants of the shrine removed the rug from under his feet. The Imam took his the prayer rug and the Shi‘ite book of supplication and sat down on the hard floor. Sometimes when the Imam wanted to enter the shrine they would deliberately sweep the floor and throw the dust in his direction. We too would not be able to breathe because the Imam would ask us to have nothing to do with them and let them to do their job. The reason for the behavior of the shrine attendants until the time when the attendant removed the carpet from under the feet of the Imam was that as soon as the theologians would come to the shrine, they would gather round them and would demand unnecessary sums from them whereas the Imam was not one to give such cash to them. So I told that attendant that: “I swear to God, I’ll make you suffer.” The Imam overheard me and stated: “It is inconsiderate; what have you got to do with him? Let people do their job; well they must take away the carpet of the shrine.” I said nothing doing and filed a complaint through the local government in which I mentioned that Shaykh Muhammad had committed such an insulting act. He was immediately arrested. His wife and children rushed to the Imam’s residence and begged for mercy saying that he had failed to recognize that he was the Imam and now he would be thrown out of his job as he was their bread-winner. When the Imam came out of the house on his way to the shrine, ‘Husayn’ the domestic servant of the Imam introduced the woman as being the wife of that shrine attendant. She too fell at the feet of the Imam and pleaded on behalf of her husband. The Imam said: “Leave her alone; why you are causing people to lose their job!”
It is inconsiderate... why are causing people to lose their job! Hujjat al-Islam Furqani