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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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78. “Your memorandum refers to us the question of a believer who sells his or…”
Your memorandum refers to us the question of a believer who sells his or her principal residence to move into a nursing home or a similar care facility. The inquiry is whether the difference between the sale price of the residence and the sum required to pay the nursing home fees should be subject to the Right of God.
We have decided that it should be left to the discretion of the individual concerned to determine the course of action to be followed, having regard for his own assessment of his personal circumstances and intentions, as well as his own understanding of the text.
(12 July 2004, memorandum from the Universal House of Justice to the Office of Ḥuqúqu’lláh in the Holy Land)