In His Most Exalted Name
Month of Fasting 18,1390 AH
His Eminence Sayyid al-A`lam, Murawwij al-Ahkam Mr. Haj Sayyid Shah Muhammad Husayn Misbah, may his life last:
Your noble letter arrived and I was informed of its contents. It was written that the eminent believers pay the funds in goods. You and other representatives, may God always assist them, are authorized in a manner you see advisable to accept the goods, to sell them for the present market price and remit their sums. However, you gentlemen should warn the believers that if they price the goods for a higher price than that of the market, they are not exempt from their obligation in regards to the extra portion and they are responsible for it.
Another matter that is necessary to be pointed out by you is that no one is allowed to interfere in the area in which His Eminence Imad al-A`lam Mr. Haj Shaykh Muhammad Husayn Ghaznavi is the representative and if the inhabitants of that area give their funds to someone else without his permission, they are not exempt from their obligation, and anyone who without his permission interferes in that area is discharged from representation. Inform the inhabitants of this matter so they may understand their obligation.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini