Permission [Permission in financial and religious law affairs]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

" Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds; may peace and salutations be upon Muhammad and his pure progeny and may His curse be upon their all enemies."

It is hereby confirmed that His Eminence Murawwij al-Ahkam Aqa Shaykh Muhammad Hasan Karimi (may God always assist him) who is endowed with piety and trustworthiness, 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 the Wali al-Amr (may God Almighty expedite his glorious advent) . He is in charge of the mentioned affairs while exercising caution. He is also allowed to collect the blessed Imam's (`a) Share, spending a part of it on his own living sparingly and spending one-third of the remainder on the promotion of the obligatory laws of Islam and exalting the word of Islam, and to deliver the rest to this humble servant to be expended in the blessed seminary.

" And I advise him (may God 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. 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

Dhou'l-Qa`dah al-Haram 25, 1382 AH