In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
" Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds; may peace and salutations be upon Muhammad and his pure progeny, and may God's curse be upon their enemies all."
It is hereby confirmed that His Eminence `Imad al-A`lam wa Hujjat al-Islam Amirza Muhammad `Alami Hashtroudi (may his graces last) is granted my permission to be in charge of financial and religious law affairs whose supervision is the duty of a fully-qualified jurist during the occultation of the Living Imam (may God Almighty hasten his glorious advent) ." So, he will be in charge of the mentioned affairs while exercising caution." He is also permitted to collect the two blessed Shares, delivering the noble Sadat's Share (may God multiply their blessed descendants) to the religiously prescribed areas. He is to spend a part of the blessed Imam's (`a) Share on his own living sparingly and one-third of what remains for exalting the Word of God, and to deliver the surplus to this humble servant for sustaining the blessed seminaries (may God protect them from evil incidents) .
" 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 the worldly and afterworld affairs. I hope he 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
Dhou'l-Hijjah 8, 1382 AH