Decree [Appointment of the Friday Prayer Leader of Kermanshah]

In His Most Exalted Name

His Eminence, Shaykh al-A`lam wa Hujjat al-Islam Haj `Ata'ullah Ashrafi Isfahani (may his blessings last long),

I hope you are sound and safe and busy with divine duties. I would like to inform you that I received a scroll with the signatures of grand `ulama' of Kermanshah on it, asking you to put up Friday Prayer in that city. Considering the status quo and Muslims' needs to such religious gatherings, it is advisable to accept the honorable gentlemen's invitation. You are hereby appointed as the leader to put up this divine obligation as splendid as possible in that city. I ask God, the exalted to keep you successful in serving Islam and Muslims. May peace and mercy of Allah be upon you!

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini