He kept the Sunnah of asceticism as every Muslim leader should. It is the tradition of Shia Marjas and the characteristic of someone who cares about his people. A selfish materialist is not a man of his people, a simple life is better than a life of luxury.

I was talking to my brother in Gaza today and I said we are rednecks (رقبة حمراء) and he says, "What is that?" and I explain to him that rednecks were people who worked in the sun and were burned red by it. A redneck is someone who does not need much to be happy.