Speech [Confiscation of unlawful properties and preventing enemies from creating disorder and confusion]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Patience is our only resort in front of reactionary brand. Are we reactionaries that cut off the grip of traitors' over our country? We, reactionaries, restored freedom and independence, expelled the robbers who dominated our treasures and granted freedom to all classes to our country. When it became clear from some courts, we impeded their conspiracy. We have to tolerate these issues and we have to bear the individuals in Iran using different titles such as intellectual writers and the like who are in fact traitors.

Islamic issues are not subjects that can be treated in one or several sessions- economic, social or political issues. Ownership is respectful, but it does not mean that everyone can do anything and exercises ownership in whatever way one wishes. Lawful ownership means it must be in accordance with colonial standards; no usury is permissible and people's property should not be unduly exploited. If they accuse me of espousing infinite ownership, this is not true. I do not know who this person is. Why has he leveled this accusation? Possession is respectful provided that it is legitimate and in accordance with standards whether we are reactionary or not.

Illegitimate ownership is disrespectful. The unbounded wealth piled up without conforming to any legal standards from people properties must be confiscated. But this confiscation must be according to administrative standards and lawful criteria. If it is decided for every one to come to declare for confiscation, it ends up anarchy. In this revolutionary country, there must be no confusion and disorder. It must be in accordance with standards not anarchy. When you refer to revolutionary courts and inform them about illegitimate wealth, the confiscation should be made based on law. It is not the case that as one claims certain property belongs to hovel-dwellers though this country belongs to settlers in ghettos they can confiscate by discharge people from their homes or take their places. It means that every thing must be according to standards so that slums-settlers could have a proper house and will be comfortable.

Anyhow, take into consideration that your enemies use every opportunity these days. One is that they encourage people occupy arrest, and dismiss leading this riot. Criteria and standards are of importance. Islam never sanctions confusion and disorder; anarchy is not permitted. Islam has its own boundaries and it must come into action. Not every one can go and withdraws belongings of people even if stolen; one should act along the lines of principles. Or suppose that a property, land, an apartment or a hotel belongs to people and one takes possession; its reclaim must be in line with legally recognized criteria not anarchy. The matter of confiscation is one thing and anarchy is another. You, sir, heed and do not go, break and confiscate without any search as soon as you heard something, you should not take action that would lead to complication and then declare that you would confront violence. Well, this means confusion and disorder. And this is what some looks for in the country, that is, anarchy. To keep the problem unresolved, certain people seek to stir up violence in the country.

Try to act in proportion to standards. Endeavor, I beg to say, to safeguard calmness and move in accordance with values. If you act in a tranquil atmosphere and move on according to principles, no one will be treated unjustly. But if it is not in line with standards, and affair are taken up by a number of good young people among whom some corrupt interlopers might gradually ending to confusion and disorder, then fray and shortly killing and massacre and at the end tranquility is standing apart. When it goes beyond calm, reform is not possible. Be careful to make reformist actions continually not unlawfully. Not every body claiming that he is revolutionary can do this; the reformist action must be in accordance with principles. Now that we are revolutionaries we need neither administration of justice, principles, and religious law nor any other thing, we do whish. No, this is not the case. Confusion is not permitted in any government even in Imam `Ali's administration, if one perpetrated unlawful deeds; the Imam punished the culprit by the lash. This is the case.

Do not imagine that we are free to do whatever we wish now that the revolution has been accomplished. Anti-revolutionaries come among you and provoke while you do not know them. Provoking you to take the streets and break windows, thus presenting a chaotic picture of the country. This way you picture a country as one in which confusing is order of the day and anyone can do anything one wish. Anyone is thus free to occupy any hotel he looks for, but it is wrong. Be careful, I admonish you; do not act in a way that the world calls us a savage group in Iran that does whatsoever. There is no low nor; religious law, court, jurisdiction, and every one who recognizes another as corrupt can execute low without any references. Such is the rule of jungle. Do not carry out things in a way to accuse us.

Now you must keep calm in every attempt and observe Islamic behavior. Islamic behavior means every body is dutiful to respect to limits not doing whatsoever one likes. Asked why doing so and so, do not say because we are in of revolution. The IRGC should not act according to their wishes and when questioned why they would answer we are in revolution. The young people should not do whatever they wish in the name of the revolution, and that the Islamic revolution. So doing means that revolution is equivalent to confusion and that Islamic Revolution is the rule of jungle. This is not true; principles are essential. As you saw, when it was proved some properties by some people had been ill gotten, they were confiscated and to Public Treasury. This is true of other things. If you know that one has confiscated public properties, you have to go inform and try to prove in conformity with low that the property has been gained illegally. Another concern is to bring them to account but it needs patience and tolerance. Count capitals that pile up countless wealth that is obviously illegitimate and confiscate the unlawful parts. Moreover it does not mean everybody goes and confiscates a hotel or that like without any principles. It is not such that every one does what he likes; it must be in accordance with standards.

In the taghouti regime, everyone stood by reliance on bayonet to exert cruelty; whereas in an Islamic country that is according to Islamic criteria and this is the real meaning of Islamic Revolution. Islamic principles means if somebody commits a crime one must be taken to the court for investigation. If one is subjected to a crime, one cannot act to punish by oneself. One must the complain lodge to the court and prove it. Suppose you consider a property unlawful, you have to go to court and complain. Then they will investigate and confiscate only if it is proven.

I beg to say if you look for an independent country wherein is freedom, Islamic principles dominates, you should first and foremost keep away from confusion. If every body gets up and does whatever one wishes, this means there is no boundary; this is wrong and must be avoided. The young people and those committed to Islam must put a stop to beware that these who join your groups in the name of Islam or commitment to Islam aim to undermine the revolution from bearing fruits. They stir conflict, taking part in demonstrations, throw schools into turmoil and give raise to disorder to achieve their target restorations of the former situation. You have to be cautious and vigilant.

Islam is more familiar with the poor than the rich. If wealth is unlawful, Islam fails to recognize it. Property in Islam is limited. When someone has more than usual, although legitimate if Islamic jurist find it is more excessive than it must be, he can confiscate it for expediency of Muslims. Limitation on properties is one of the powers of the faqih but our intellectual does not know about wilayat-e faqih. If faqih consider ownership to be against interests of Islam and Muslims, however honorable it is in the sight of the holy Lawmakers the faqih can limit this lawful ownership confiscate it. May God honor all of you!