The Imam would receive the news of Najaf through a group of us clergymen. On the orders of the Imam, this group would gather the news and report to him without making any alterations. Even minor subjects would be reported to him such as when we told him that a person was saying that his turban and his beard was small and was not at the level of a Source of Emulation, to which he stated: “Tell that gentleman that I have not become a polytheist as yet.”
Tell him that I have not become a polytheist as yet: Hujjat al-Islam ‘Amid Zanjani