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Ḥuqúqu’lláh—The Right of God

  • Author:

  • Various

  • Source:
  • Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, Bahá’í World Centre, April 2007
  • Pages:
  • 37
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64. “If, as you say, you are not in a position ever to accumulate assessable…”
If, as you say, you are not in a position ever to accumulate assessable property equivalent in value to 19 mithqáls in gold, then, as the texts explain, you have no obligation to pay Ḥuqúqu’lláh. However, this does not mean that you may not contribute to this Fund if you wish to do so out of your love for Bahá’u’lláh and the generosity of your heart.
(23 June 1987, written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer)