It has been narrated through a series of memoirs that Imam Khomeini once was spotted on the rooftop while reciting Ziarat Ashura and shedding tears.
The contents of Ziarat Ashura are of divine origin and recitation of the supplication has been recommended by the truthful infallibles on the day of Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram, which and commemorates the martyrdom of Hossein ibn Ali (AS).
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (PBUH), the honorable Prophet’s descendent and the fifth Shia Imam, recommended reciting Ziyarat Ashura while facing Karbala, as a symbolic visit to the holy shrine.
Extracted from a collection of memoirs about Imam Khomeini