The special program "Without Compliments" of the 20:30 news section of Sima Channel 2 on Friday evening went to Hojjatoleslam and Muslims Mohsen Qaraati, one of the well-known clerics of the country and a native of Kashan, who has communicated very well with the people from the television screen with his simple language, sincere literature, and famous jokes. He is forty years old and has established a very good relationship with the people. More importantly, his life has not changed at all in these years... The following is the detailed text of the words of Professor Qaraati, head of the National Prayer Headquarters, on the program "Without Compliments": Host: We are very happy that we were finally able to have the honor of being at your service. Qaraati: Thank you. Host: Thank God that the istikhara came out well this time. Qaraati: Yes; you had called several times after all. Host: We had been following this issue for almost a year. Qaraati: One of the reasons I do istikhara is that if I accept one place and not another, later they will say that so-and-so had a party, so-and-so had money, so-and-so served better food, and so on. I say that if the istikhara is good, I will come, and if it is bad, I will not come. Among several good deeds, I choose one of the good ones with istikhara. Host: Hajj Agha, how old are you? Qaraati: What's the point?! (Laughing) Host: You're taking care of us from the beginning of Bismillah (laughter) Host: After all, what difference does it make how old we are now? (Laughter) Host: People say how old are Hajj Agha Qaraati? Qaraati: I was born in 1324, about 75 years old Host: I know you don't like these, but I have to ask these questions. Qaraati: Okay Host: How many people were in your family? Qaraati: Our father had 12 children, one of whom was miscarried and eleven of whom survived; 3 of whom died and the rest are alive. Presenter: How many children are you? Qaraati: The second child. Presenter: What did your father do, Hajj Agha? Qaraati: They sold yarn, silk, carpets and the like in the Kashan market. Presenter: So they had a good life? Qaraati: It was average. Presenter: Hajj Agha, your father had this wish for you, but I read somewhere that you were not willing to enter the seminary. Qaraati: I wanted to go to university and high school, our father said, come to the seminary, until finally, my father's prayer next to the Kaaba had its effect and, thank God, we came and became students; I am very happy, now that I have a son, I say, go and become a student. At least students who use their time, some students sometimes have their time forbidden, our problem now is that our students, students and high school students are not skilled. Host: What does this skill mean? Qaraati: Once the Minister of Education came on TV and said that on tree planting day, we took a graduate to plant a tree. He was holding the shovel in the wrong hand. Dr. Rahbar, who was once the president of Azad University, once came to my office and said that we asked a graduate in agriculture whether a beet leaf or a clover leaf is bigger. He said he didn't know. Host: Everyone is looking for a bachelor's degree, Haj Agha, to get a bachelor's degree. Qaraati: It's useless! Many of these bachelor's degrees are useless. Host: How many years have you been a cleric and wearing a cleric's robe? Qaraati: I am 75 years old and I have been a student since I was 15. Host: 60 years, so did you follow this path before the revolution? Qaraati: Our Qaraati family means that our fathers were all Quran teachers; We have no voice at all (laughter). My father used to say that when a baby is born, pour sweet pomegranate juice into the baby's mouth and it will make a sweet sound. You (recitation) were born in winter, and we searched all over Kashan and found pomegranates and poured their juice down your throat, but it didn't help (laughter).