[Dear Imam:
Please accept my best wishes. I hope that you are fine. Kindly answer my questions- questions that I am not asking for the sake of amusement. They are the product of thinking in my leisure time. Please give me profound, complete and detailed answers. I would, first, like to request you, the Imam, not to forget me in your prayers. For God's sake, do not forget me; do not forget me.]
In His Most Exalted Name
My dear daughter:
May you, God willing, in good health and happiness, serve Islam and the deprived servants of God Almighty.
Try to gain the pleasure of God. Peace [be with you].
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
[1. Which one of the scientific subjects have you studied more, and why?]
Mostly (Islamic) jurisprudence and matters related to it. The reason is that apart from being at the top of the curriculum of the theology centers, it is needed by me and by all the others.
[2. Some of the thinkers consider contemplation to be the progression from falsehood to truth. Have you, too, passed through the stage of darkness and reached truth, or being in truth, acquired it?]
If the purpose is that every falsehood, wherever it be, ought to be studied, it is an erroneous notion as acquiring the truth nullifies falsehood, and presenting the proof of something defeats all those who are against it- whether we know or not.
[3. Have you ever experienced tiredness in your life?! If it is so, when?]
I do not remember.
[What must I do, not to think of anything except what I am studying and what I have in my mind? Should I study in the seminary or the university? I am awaiting your answers.
Ma`soumah As`adi]