The payment of Huqúqu’lláh is a personal obligation on
each Bahá’í, and it is for him to meet this obligation
in accordance with his own conscience; it cannot be demanded from him by
any of the institutions of the Faith. A part of this obligation is for
a Bahá’í to make provision in his will for the payment
of whatever remains of his debt to Huqúqu’lláh at the
end of his life. The Bahá’í law of intestacy,
likewise, provides for the payment of such a balance of
Huqúqu’lláh before the distribution of the estate to
the heirs.