In His Most Exalted Name
His Eminence `Imad al-A`lam wa Thiqat al-Islam Shaykh Haydar Miri, may his blessings last long:
I received your letter and noted the contents therein. Please send the money to Qum in the same manner; there is no need for notification, every time you do so. Obtain the receipts from Hadrat Aqa «1» and submit them to the payers. With regard to the people who collect money by virtue of having my authorization, money should not be given to them if they do not submit the receipts from me or my brother, Sayyid Murtada Pasandideh, to the payers, and receipts must be demanded for the money already given. Now, that some of the turbaned men say that they send money placed inside loads, please note that this is false and slanderous; may God guide them. I have never given absolute permission to anybody in cases where receipts are not needed. Please refute this after giving advice. But it is best to leave it to the person who claims ijtihad «2» and is engaged in writing his treatise, so that no differences arise in the place. In any event, please inform my followers that they should not give money meant for me to anybody without forwarding the receipt. In the case of the employees, you can allow those to be given salaries, whose occupations are permissible and do not involve the forbidden. They must give one-fifth of their earnings at the beginning of every year as prescribed by religious law. You have my permission in financial affairs and in collecting and delivering religious law funds as well as in distribution and postponement of appropriate amounts. I will give you written permission if needed on another occasion, God willing. May peace be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Sha`ban al-Mu`azzam 1,1396 AH