In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
The need for Shi`ahs and Sunnis to eschew differences
Some of the Muslims are Shi`ahs and some are Sunnis. Some are Hanafi and some, Hanbali. And there are also some Akhbari. Such a state of affairs was wrong from the beginning. Such matters should not be raised in a community in which everybody wants to serve Islam and lives for Islam. We are all brothers; we are all together. The only difference is that your `ulama' issued their own particular decrees and you followed them, and thus became Hanafi. Another group abides by the" fatwa"(decree) of Shafi`i, while yet another, by that of Hadrat Sadiq (the sixth infallible Imam of the Shi`ahs), and so became Shi`ahs. These divisions give no reason for conflict. There should be neither conflict nor differences among us. We are all brothers. Thus, Shi`ah and Sunni brothers must refrain from any kind of discord. Our conflicts, at this time, will only benefit those who are neither Shi`ah, nor Hanafi, nor the followers of any of the other sects. They do not want any of the Islamic sects to exist. They have realized that the only way of achieving this goal is by fueling conflict among the (various) sects. We must bear in mind that we are all Muslims, and believers in the Holy Qur'an and tawhid [monotheism]. We must, therefore, endeavor to struggle for the Qur'an and tawhid.
I hope that you do not see any harm in this Islamic Republic which belongs to you as well and not excluding to any particular sect. I hope that you will enjoy success and victory. About the problems in Kurdistan and your region, I must say that they will be resolved and the authorities will put things rights. And the difficulties, too, will end. I pray for you and hope that we all be united under the aegis of Islam and the banner of tawhid against those who deceived and led our brothers in other directions. As it has, of course, been announced, those who lay down their arms and return to the fold of Islam are of us. And just as I have no weapons myself, and pray for everybody, they, too, must have no weapons. There are no differences, whatsoever, and no aggression will occur. May you be successful by the will of God.