His strong feelings on this matter were evident in the letter he had written a few years earlier to the congregation in Rome: “I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart.
والرسالة التي كتبها قبل سنوات الى الجماعة في روما تُظهِر كم يؤلمه امر كهذا .‏ فقد كتب :‏ « ان لي حزنا عظيما ووجعا لا ينقطع في قلبي .‏