In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
" Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds; may God's peace and salutations be upon Muhammad and his pure progeny, and His curse be upon all their enemies."
It is hereby confirmed that His Eminence, `Imad al-A`lam wa Hujjat al-Islam Aqa Shaykh Muhammad Husayn Mujtahidi Behbahani (may his blessings last) who has spent a part of his valuable life acquiring religious knowledge and virtues, and who is- thanks to God- endowed with mental and practical virtues as well as goodness and righteousness, 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 expedite his glorious advent) ." So, he (may God Almighty assist him) will be in charge of the mentioned affairs, using the necessary caution." He is also allowed to collect the two blessed Shares, delivering the Sadat's Share to its religiously prescribed area, spending a part of the blessed Share of the Imam (`a) on his own living sparingly. He needs to expend a half of the remainder in promoting the sacred religion and exalting the Word of God, 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
Sha`ban al-Mu`azzam 5, 1381 AH