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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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76. “As to whether Ḥuqúqu’lláh is acceptable from…”
As to whether Ḥuqúqu’lláh is acceptable from Bahá’ís who have been deprived of their voting rights, the House of Justice has stated:
After considering precedents set by the beloved Guardian, we have come to the conclusion that Ḥuqúqu’lláh is not acceptable from such believers…. Any believer who is under the sanction of deprivation of administrative rights and who offers to pay Ḥuqúqu’lláh should simply be told that such a payment is not acceptable. If he remits a payment, it should be returned to him.
(12 September 2000, written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer)