In His Most Exalted Name
His Eminence Sayyid al-A`lam wa Thiqat al-Islam Aqa Wahidi, may his blessings last long:
Thank you for your esteemed letter. Concerning the first topic, please note that the gentlemen have repeatedly made this request under various pretexts. Action was taken on this matter at the outset, and in that very first stage they behaved in a surprising manner upsetting even the mediators. Subsequently, they did certain things that were most deplorable. I have asked the people who come and go there about the status of their lessons, and their conduct. In reply, I was told that not more than fifteen to twenty students are doing well. Certain things that I have heard recently have upset me. One of these is what the person who reported the matter said, more or less, that going to the cinema is usual for them.
In any case, please do not tell them anything about what I have written. You know that there are very few among this group who are studious, as the case was when they were here.
With regard to the second part of the letter, a large budget is required for the construction of a mosque or a husayniyyah «1» and such places. With the daily worsening situation created by the government for my legal representatives, many of whom as well as many of my colleagues having left, and with the insignificant amount of money being received through unconventional means, the budget is not sufficient for two theological centers, and that too, such as the one at Qum, with thousands of people.
I hope that the difficulties will be surmounted by the prayers of people such as you to enable me to be of some service. May peace be upon you. Please do not forget me in your benevolent prayers for my salvation.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini