In His Name, be He glorified!
In accordance with And consult them in matters [of import] , I am in need of consulting with my brothers.
My Dear, Loyal Brothers!
Now I am faced with a fait accompli. The order has arrived to give me a daily allowance of two and a half liras and to prepare a house for me again, fully furnished and according to my tastes. But my lifelong guiding principle of fifty to sixty years obliges me not to accept it. It's true that for a couple of years in the Darü'l‑Hikmeti'l-İslamiye I accepted a salary, but I gave most of it gratis to the nation by spending it on printing my books; I returned to the nation what belonged to it.
If I now have to accept this so that harm should not come to you and to the Risale‑i Nur, I shall put it by to return to the nation at a future date. I shall spend only what is absolutely necessary on myself, the minimum. I heard that if I do refuse it, they, and especially those who were trying to fix the pension on my behalf, will be offended, and those who oppose me will say that I'm meeting my expenses from elsewhere. The wretches do not know the extraordinary blessings of frugality, and they have not seen that five kurush-worth of bread suffices me for two days and so are beset by completely baseless suspicions.
If I do accept the pension, my life of seventy years will be offended, and it is possible that Imam 'Ali (May God be pleased with him) will also be dis‑ pleased with me, since making predictions of the present, he aimed blows at religious scholars who embrace innovations avidly seeking salaries and thus losing their sincerity, It is possible too that the true, pure sincerity of the Risale-i Nur will accuse me of insincerity. I am really quite bewildered as to what to do.
I have heard that they will pressurize me even more if I do not accept it, and will perhaps curtail the Risale‑i Nur's complete freedom. It seems even that their objective with the present oppression is to force me to accept their offers of the allowance. Since the situation is this, in accordance with the rule: Necessity makes permissible what is forbidden, if it is really necessary, God willing it will not cause harm. But I did refuse it and refer it to you for your opinion.
My dear brothers! Don't worry about me. I suffer no distress because I see a trace of divine mercy in every difficulty and a flash of divine favour. Your endeavour and seriousness and assistance dispel all distress and are a source of perpetual joy.
Here, hardworking, devoted Mustafa Acet, who resembles my brother Abdülmecid and whose family is my family, and the industrious Ceylan, who is both a young Husrev and a young Abdurrahman, together serve the Risale‑i Nur to their utmost‥