One night, at the holy shrine of the Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (‘a) during Imam’s stay in exile in holy city of Najaf, a group of European Muslim students had come to meet Imam.
Their appearance was an unpleasant in sense of our environment; whether in terms of their posture, appearance, clothing, or in terms of their manner and speech.
But we witnessed that Imam treated them in a way that it was as if he were sitting and talking to his old friends.
(A memoirs by Imam’s companions)