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Huqúqu’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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42. “Question: When one’s wealth exceeds nineteen, is it necessary…”

Question: When one’s wealth exceeds nineteen, is it necessary for it to increase by a further nineteen before Huqúq is due again, or would it be due on any increase?
Answer: Any amount added to nineteen is exempt from Huqúq until it reacheth a further nineteen.
(The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book, Questions and Answers, no. 90)
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