An example of how the Guardian lived frugally and simply – by Hand of the Cause Furutan

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOMxYfAmTGoFrTc8aA6kHqC4kzy2FvpWds096UV7625cKBmMcoQjXN3swtUKTvn7gPkLIFFIYwEayHqL8jAJkDkiM05Lgy1EgecTUzVAjqHUweuoSkPKXuJwx1TG0uJlLDe9sl4cWsNo/s1600/Paintings-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="65" data-original-width="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOMxYfAmTGoFrTc8aA6kHqC4kzy2FvpWds096UV7625cKBmMcoQjXN3swtUKTvn7gPkLIFFIYwEayHqL8jAJkDkiM05Lgy1EgecTUzVAjqHUweuoSkPKXuJwx1TG0uJlLDe9sl4cWsNo/s1600/Paintings-2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Throughout our pilgrimage [1941] we visited the Shrines of the Báb and 'Abdu'l-Baha in the company of the beloved Guardian.

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He would chant the Tablet of Visitation in the Shrine of the Báb and then in the Shrine of 'Abdu'l-Baha.</span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He always removed his half-boots outside the doors of the Shrines. One day I noticed that the right wrist of the Guardian was in a white bandage and he had difficulty in moving it. I immediately thought that I should help remove his shoes.

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I bent down on my knees and started to undo the knots of his bootlaces. He was just bending down, and said very quietly, "Don't go to the trouble." I said, "Beloved Guardian, this is my honor." I removed his shoes, took my handkerchief from my pocket, and cleaned them.

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As I was cleaning his boots I noticed that one of them had a hole in it and the other one was repaired.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was truly saddened.

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I knew that the Guardian lived frugally and simply, but I had not been aware of its extent.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- Ali-Akbar Furutan <span style="font-size: x-small;">(‘Hand of the Cause of God Furutan’, by Iran Furutan Muhajir)</span></span></div>

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