Letter [to Board of Directors and Trustees of the Imam of the Time Mosque]

 [In His Most Exalted Name
On 7 May 1979, after negotiations and holding meetings that the members of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the sacred Mosque of the Imam of the Time in Jamkaran had with Hujjat al-Islam Mr. Shaykh Muhammad Yazdi and other religious authorities of the Qum Theological School and exchange of views, for the following issues, the below mentioned decisions were proposed and approved for action:
1. Considering the daily increasing popularity of the sacred mosque of the Imam of the Time with the people, the security and well-being of the pilgrims must be given greater attention than in the past, and attractive and reformatory plans that are very complete and are under the consideration of the Board of Trustees and Directors be implemented with immediate effect.
2. People's contributions in the form of donations for the construction and renovation operations and in the form of gifts and charities must be paid into a single account in the name of the mosque; and there should be only a single office in the mosque for the receipt of these funds. The account that was recently opened about six or seven months ago, in the name of the former staff of the mosque must be closed; and the office that was opened for receiving the donations in the mosque- other than the existing mosque office, must be closed down.
3. Considering that the sacred mosque of Jamkaran is a great memorial to the honorable Master of the Age- may souls be sacrificed for his school of thought- and that great man had ordered the construction of that mosque and drawn the attention of the Shi`ah to it, according to the narratives of the late Shaykh Sadouq, may Allah be pleased with him; therefore it is regarded as a public trust and the person responsible for its trusteeship must be of the religious authority and its administration must also be under the supervision of the religious authority with a board comprising of a group of pious believers and knowledgeable and trustworthy men who are followers of that honorable Imam (`a). All the wealth and donations received must be spent- safeguarding of the interests of the mosque- precisely for reconstruction, expansion, and meeting the needs of that site by the previously mentioned board. Apart from love for service in the cause of Islam, it is advisable that the members of this board serve on an honorary basis; and just as it was honorary in the past, in this period of time also when the sacred sapling of the Islamic Revolution is beginning to grow, they should, with greater zeal continue with this honorary service of theirs, and be answerable to the religious authority with respect to big and small accounts and operations undertake. Meanwhile, administrative liaisons with the Islamic Republic trusts will be undertaken by this board, and vis-a-vis administrative issues, whether of trusts or of other offices of the country, this board too will be answerable.
4. The earlier plan of the Board of Trustees in the line of expansion and reconstruction of the mosque, part of which has been accomplished and the rest includes the following: A) Building of a hospital in the name of Master of the Age, may God expedite his advent, for the treatment of the poor. B) Construction of a three-hundred-room pilgrim's quarters around the open areas for the comfort of pilgrims. C) Complete expansion of the mosque from the northern and eastern sections that does not in any way damage the old structure of the mosque in accordance with the existing plan. D) Completion of the existing buildings and expansion of the ablution house, in accordance with the same plan to be rapidly implemented and steps must be taken for arranging the budget in the same previous manner by attracting the attention of donors.
5. Two persons from the former Board of Trustees by the names of Haj Muhammad-`Ali Zandiyyah and Haj Mahdi Iqbaliyan have tendered their resignations and the new members of the Board of Directors and Trustees- after the resignations- are as follows:
Messrs. Haj Sayyid `Ali-Akbar Mousawi Yazdi, Haj Sayyid `Abdoul- Husayn Mir-Hijazi; Haj Qudratullah Latifi; Haj Mahdi Ja`fariyan and Haj Ghulam Rida Tajalli.
6. Because no misconduct has been observed in the behavior of the staff and workers, they should continue with their services, and only the accountant by the name of Mr. Sayyid Nasrullah Burqa`i be replaced; and the number of employees be increased as required as per the approval of the Board.
The Council for attending to the affairs of the sacred Jamkaran Mosque of Qum: Haj Sayyid `Ali-Akbar Mousawi Yazdi, Haj Sayyid `Abdul Husayn Mir-Hejazi; Haj Qudratullah Latifi; Haj Mahdi Ja`fariyan, Haj Ghulam Rida Tajalli, Muhammad Mahdi Gilani, Husayn Rasti Kashani, al-Aqal «2» `Ali Mishkini, Muhammad Yazdi,(and an illegible signature.)]
In His Most Exalted Name
I hereby endorse whatever the respected theologians have ratified.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini