Today you can witness the spirit of fighting, combating and readiness for martyrdom has spread across the Muslim world. An example is the massive Arbaeen Walk: truly a phenomenon. This is a divine event. This is a divine phenomenon. Words cannot actually describe it; like many important divine phenomena, it is difficult to interpret it. That is, it cannot be analyzed. This large multi-million crowd from all across the world –consisting of a few millions from Iran and several millions from Iraq and other countries- despite threats by terrorists, which has always existed and still exist today, is a great phenomenon, This show that, this path is the path of love. However, it is not a blind love; rather it is a kind of love which is marked by insight resembling the love of saints for God “Oh God, feed me with Your love and the love of whomever that loves You and the love of all those actions that help me get closer to you.” (Bihar al-anwar, Vol. 91, page 149)

Imam Khamenei, Nov 23, 2016