Aga Hajj Moin Shirazi, a resident of Tehran said: One day I was standing on a Tehran road with a cousin of mine, waiting for a taxi as we wanted to go to a distant place.

We stood there for around half an hour. All the taxis that passed were either engaged or the driver did not pay any attention to us. At last we were tired of waiting.

Suddenly a taxi arrived and automatically stopped before us. The driver said: Please come aboard, sirs and tell me where do you wish to go? We entered the vehicle and mentioned our intended destination. On the way I told my cousin: Thanks to Allah, at least one Muslim driver in Iran had pity on us. The driver said: Sir, by chance, I am not a Muslim, but an Armenian Christian. We asked: Then why did you show such concern to us? He said: Though not a Muslim myself, I am a great fan of Muslims scholars and priests in this dress, and consider it my duty to accord respect to them due to what I have witnessed.

I asked: What did you witness? He replied: When Aga Hajj Mirza as-Sadiq Mujtahid Tabrizi was exiled to Kyrgyzstan (Sanandaj), I was the driver of his vehicle. On the way we reached a tree and a water spring. Aga Tabrizi said: Halt here for some time, so that I may pray Noon and Afternoon prayer, but the guard escorting him said: Don 't pay any attention to what he is saying, and continue driving.

I also paid no heed and restarted the vehicle. When we came to the spring, the engine stalled all of a sudden. No matter how much I tried, the engine did not revive. I stepped out and examined the engine, but could not find any fault in it. I didn't know what to do. The Late Aga said: Now, that the car has stopped, give me chance enough to recite my prayers.

When the officer said nothing, the Aga started to pray. Meanwhile I tinkered with the engine. At last when Aga concluded his prayer and came to the car, it started automatically.

From that day I understood that those who don this dress are respected and honored in the view of God.

There are many traditional reports and stories, which state that it is obligatory to honor religious scholars, but it is beyond the scope of this book to narrate them here. Those who are interested may refer to the book of Kalimah Tayyiba.