" May God increase our rewards and yours for our mourning for Husayn (peace and salutations be upon him)."
In His Most Exalted Name
I was most grateful to receive your letter, which had the good news of Your Eminence's health. I ask God for Your Eminence's health and grandeur under the protection of the Master of the Age (may God Almighty expedite his glorious advent).
Since the time was very limited and it could not be delayed even for one or two hours, I could not manage to follow your directions. I couldn't get Mr. Shari`atmadari to sign it after many visits to him and many negotiations, but Mr. Najafi «1» did sign it and it was then printed and published. This (Mr. Shari`atmadari's refusal to sign the declaration) was really to our disadvantage. I called one of his relatives today emphasizing that he had better issue a declaration on his own and that it was for the good of the society and himself.
What makes me regret most is what Your Eminence has been told; that His Eminence (Mr. Shari`atmadari) had asked to visit me three times and I had refused, then His Eminence had come to my house himself but I had refused to see him. I wonder why His Eminence's companions or friends spread such false rumors and trade their faith for someone else's worldly gain. The people all witness how I behave toward His Eminence and the other gentlemen. On the evening prior to Dhou'l-Hijjah 19, on the festivity, I went to visit His Eminence, and in the morning of 19 th, I went to see Mr. Najafi and Mr.Golpaygani. One of His Eminence's companions, who has been recently in Kuwait, has told lies to defame me. Some of His Eminence's friends have said that the government had paid 30,000 tumans for the improvement of the Faydiyyah Madrasah. These are calamities afflicting Islam and the Muslims. They also spread false rumors in Tabriz. The gentlemen assume it is to their advantage if Khomeini is destroyed. May God bring about whatever is good for the Muslims even at the cost of Khomeini's life. I am afraid that the status of these gentlemen would deteriorate in the society, and I do not want it to happen.
I ask Your Eminence to advise the gentlemen, if you find it appropriate- without letting them know that I have asked it from you- to reconsider their steps. By God, disunity and discord damage everybody's worldly and afterworld affairs and the enemy would take advantage of it «2» but put right what I can, and I will not succeed but through the grace of God. May God's peace and mercy be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini