📕 | When we say that Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah and Imam Ali Khamenei are alive, it does not mean merely repeating a symbolic or hopeful line that their path and message will remain alive. Many times, it can feel vague when we speak about “their path” or “their message” without explaining what that means in practical terms.

In practical terms, their real presence is felt and kept alive by continuing to follow what they believed, taught, and practiced, without compromise. With the passing of Imam Ali Khamenei, a wave within the revolutionary Shi’a community and beyond has become exposed to weakening, particularly through compromises and surrender to those against whom these leaders always warned and took a firm position. When we see people surrendering or submitting to them in the name of unity or for whatever other reason, whether in matters of negotiations and political talks or even in religious ideology, compromises are clearly being seen.

Keeping their path alive therefore requires more than remembrance. It requires consistency between their words and our actions, particularly when following that path becomes difficult or costly. It means refusing to reinterpret their positions simply because circumstances have changed, and not using unity as a reason to abandon principles they considered essential.

Their legacy should be measured not only by how often their names are mentioned, but by whether the principles they defended continue to guide decisions and actions. Their teachings should continue to be followed as though they are still present and watching. Only in this way can they be truly kept alive.

Otherwise, merely repeating poems, slogans, and symbolic words about them, without preserving and following what they stood for, reduces their legacy to remembrance without substance. If their words remain only in speeches while their principles are gradually compromised in practice, then saying that they are “alive” becomes little more than an expression, rather than a living continuation of their path.

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