In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
" Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds; peace and salutations be upon Muhammad and his pure progeny; and may God's curse be upon all their enemies."
Hereby it is confirmed that His Eminence Murawwij al-Ahkam wa Thiqat al-Islam Haj Shaykh Muhammad `Ali Shari`ati Nasrabadi (may his graces last) is granted my permission to be in charge of the financial and religious law affairs whose supervision is the duty of a fully-qualified jurist during the occultation of His Eminence Master of the Age (may Allah Almighty expedite his glorious advent) ;" so, he will be in charge of the mentioned affairs while exercising caution." His Eminence is also permitted to collect the blessed Imam's (`a)Share, spending it in part on his own living sparingly, and one-third of the surplus in the specified religious ways and on exalting the pure word of Islam, and to deliver the remaining two thirds to this humble servant to be expended in the blessed seminaries (may God Almighty protect them from evil incidents). He also is allowed to circulate the money or postpone the payments as needed.
And I advise him (may God Almighty 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, and 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
al-Khayr 7, 1384 AH