Shahadar Ayatullah Sayyid Mustafa Khumaini a ranar 1 ga watan Aban 1356 (1977) da kuma irin tarurrukan zaman makokin da aka shirya a Iran sun kasance abubuwan da suka sake motsa makatantun Hawza da al'ummar Iran wajen sake fitowa don fuskantar hukuma. Shi kuwa a nasa bangaren, Imam Khumaini ya bayyana wannan lamari (na shahadar Sayyid Mustafa) a matsayin wata boyayyiyar ni'imar Ubangiji, wanda hakan ya zamanto abin ban al'ajabi ainun. Gwamnatin Shah ta yi kokarin cin mutumcin Imam ta hanyar watsa wata makala ta cin mutumci gare shi cikin jaridar Ittila'at. Sai dai wannan karon ma shika ta koma kan mashekiya ne, don kuwa maimakon hakan sai ta kasance ummul aba'isin din boren al'umma a ranar 19 ga watan Dey 1356 (9 ga Janairu 1977) da nuna goyon bayansu ga Imam lamarin da ya yi sanadiyyar shahadar wasu dalibai ma'abuta jihadi da raunana wasu da dama a lokacin da jami'an tsaro suka fada musu. Duk da irin ayyukan zalunci da wuce gona da iri da gwamnatin Shah take yi a kan 'yan gwagwarmaya, sai dai duk da hakan hukumar ta gagara kashe wutan wannan bore. Imam yana ganin babu wani amfani wajen gwagwarmayar 'yan majalisa, jam'iyyun siyasa da karfin soji ba tare da goyon bayan al'umma ba, kamar yadda kuma yake ganin hanya guda da ta rage ita ce kaddamar da jihadi matukar Amurka ta yi tunanin shirya juyin mulkin soji.