The famous Sayyid Abul Hasan Isfahani wished to join the Hawza, but his dad, though very religious, well aware of their financial conditions discouraged him from leaving; he would not be able to sustain him. His son however, persisted, and left. Three years later, his dad set out to meet and inquire about his son. He entered upon his son on a cold, snowy night, coincidentally, a night when Sayyid Hasan neither had oil, nor bread. Much to his grief, he began reprimanding his son again. Moments passed, when there was a knock on the door. Sayyid opened the door and was handed a cloth full of warm breads, with a message by the deliverer, “This has been sent for your father, by him who controls the state of things in this world. Ask him never to reprimand you again for joining the hawza.”
