Letter [to Muhammad-Rida I`timadiyan]

[In His Most Exalted Name

Recently, the budget commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly has eliminated the budget allocation of this organization that exceeds one-hundred million tumans annually. It is of the opinion that the entire required budget can be secured from the incomes of the endowments and to spend all surplus incomes in charity. With the explanation that has been personally given to the representatives of the assembly, the legislators were of the opinion that the matter be referred to His Holiness the Imam that whether it is possible to secure the budget of the Endowment Organization which is between thirty and forty percent of the total income of the endowments from the sources of income or as before, it should be paid from the general budget of the government. Because taking decision in this case depends on the opinion of His Holiness, please state your opinion in this regard.

Sayyid Mahdi Imam Jamarani and Muhammad-`Ali Nezamzadeh (representatives of the Imam in the State Endowment Organization), Muhammad-Rida I`timadiyan (Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Endowment Organization) Ordibehesht 6,1362 AHS]

In His Most Exalted Name

One can spend to the amount required of the endowment for maintenance, collection, expenditure and wages of workers. It is not permissible to spend in excess of the needs of these affairs.

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini