Pious and righteous scholar, late Shaykh Jawad Ibn Shaykh Mashkoor Arab was among the prominent scholars and jurists of Najaf al-Ashraf and a point of reference for some Shia of Iraq; he was also the congregation leader of the holy courtyard. He died in 1337 A.H. at the age of ninety years and was buried in a room in the holy courtyard besides his father.

Aga Mirza Al-Ridha narrates that once he traveled for Ziyarat of holy Mash-had with his respected father. In spite of the fact that it was a time of motor cars, he traveled on camel with his family and servants. He says: Since we only possessed one camel we covered all or most of the distance on foot. [This doubt is from my side]. I was praying to Imam Al-Ridha ('a) all the time that if my Ziyarat is accepted, he must bestow a gift to me.

Ayatullah Haeri has narrated from Ayatullah Taliqani, a friend of Sayyid Ali Nasir and an advocate of court of law, who never lied and was a very confident person; that:

We went to visit Sayyid Ali Akbar, son of Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Fisharki in Isfahan at the house of Aga Hajj Mirza Abd ul-Jawad Kalbasi. [I am familiar with all these gentlemen. may Allah have mercy on them.]

Prominent scholar of an accomplished level, Hajj Shaykh Murtaza Haeri, who was a first-grade scholar of Qom, has written many interesting moral stories, which are narrated for general welfare.

I am quoting here one story, which I heard from two reliable channels. One is Aga Hajj Sayyid Sadruddin Jazaeri, who heard it from his reliable source; secondly his paternal or maternal grandson, Aga Marwarid. He also heard from a person whom he fully trusted.

Qeer is situated to the north of Shiraz at a distance of forty Farsakhs; and is around fourteen Farsakhs from Firozabad. From Karzeen it is one and a half Farsakh.

It is said that the length of Qeer block is ten Farsakhs, which begins from Mubarakbad and its last point is Bagh Pasalar. Its breadth from Kefarkaan to Gandaman is two and a half Farsakhs and it is an area of Fars, where people go to spend their sUmmrs.

The same Aga Barqi writes:

A person named Mash-hadi Muhammad Jehangir, after touring various places, presently trades in carpets and blankets, and in this connection he travels to Kashan as well. I know him since many years, but I had never had the opportunity to travel with him, although I am aware that he was well known to be an upright and truthful person, in spite of the fact that he did not have much wealth.

I, Sayyid Hasan Barqai, received the honor of attending Masjid Sahibuz Zaman, famous as Masjid Jamkaran, in Qom, three weeks ago, on Wednesday, 5th Rabius Thani 1390 A.H. In the rest house of the Masjid, where travelers take rest and have tea, I met a person named Ahmad Pahalwani, resident of Shahzada Abd ul-Azeem.

Prominent Sayyid and accomplished scholar, Hasan Barqi, the orator and a resident of Qom, has written that Aga Qasim Abdul Husaini, curator of Her Eminence, Masooma Qom Museum, is the member of the council and still [that is in 1348 A.H.] is serving in the same capacity. He has a house in Khayaban Tehran, Kucha Aga Baqqal; he narrated to me as follows:

A truck drove over my foot when I was in my youth. They took me to the Fatemi Hospital where my treatment began under the supervision of Dr. Modarrisi (who is still alive) and Dr. Saifee.

Late Khandahari, who was mentioned before and also a group of influential and reliable person of Najaf al-Ashraf have narrated that Rishad Mirza, one of the topmost businessmen of Iraq, became afflicted with cancer. Doctors of Iraq, Lebanon and Syria failed to treat his malady.

He has also narrated from his father, the respected Shaykh Ibn Shaykh Abdus Samad Ansari that:

I and a travel companion of mine, named Ghulam Husayn, wanted to perform the Ziyarat of Karbala, but we had no means to travel, so we set out from the peak of Kohe Daraab. At every stage, we used to stay for a day or two and work as labors and then go on. Till in a period of five months, we reached Karbala Moalla via Kermanshah. There also we worked in any capacity, which provided us with food and shelter, but in Najaf al-Ashraf we did not find work for two days.