In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
" Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds; may peace be upon the best of His creation and His beloved, Muhammad and his pure progeny, and may perpetual curse be upon their enemies, enemies of the religion, from now till the Day of Judgment."
It is apparent to all the pious and faithful brothers (may God make firm their institution and give them success in doing all good) that His Eminence, the virtuous and pious scholar Shaykh Husayn Fartousi (may his grandeur last) is a man of knowledge and virtue involved in religious matters and divine knowledge. He has spent a part of his life serving the pure and orthodox Islam in the holy cities of Najaf and Qum and has attained some status of divine understanding. And he (may God Almighty assist him) is among those persons who benefit all the others, so it is my duty to make him known and direct public attention to him. The believers are obliged to respect him and have regard and concern for him, for he deserves all this- thanks to God Almighty. He is also a trustee and I have full confidence in him for the propagation of Islamic laws and teaching the lawful and the unlawful in Islam and giving counsel, and advising the Muslims. It is hereby confirmed that he is my proxy in charge of affairs for which an Islamic jurist should be referred to whenever needed. He is granted my permission so that the believers might be able to pay him the legal alms including the Imam's (may our souls be his ransom) Share and other obligatory alms. Whatever of the alms that is delivered to him is, in fact, delivered to this humble servant He is authorized to spend a part of these Shares on his own living and to deliver the remainder to this humble servant for sustaining the seminary.
" And I advise him (may God assist him) - as we have been advised by the pious predecessors- to keep company of piety, to evade carnal desires, and to be cautious in his worldly and afterworld affairs. I hope His Eminence will not forget me in his benevolent prayers." May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon him and our faithful brethren.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Jamadi ath-Thani 25, 1382 AH