October 1. On this date in 1989, the Universal House of Justice wrote "Essentially, the Huqúqu’lláh should be paid by a believer during the course of his life whenever his surplus property reaches the assessable level."

 

October 1. On this date in 1989, the Universal House of Justice wrote "Essentially, the Huqúqu’lláh should be paid by a believer during the course of his life whenever his surplus property reaches the assessable level."

Essentially, the Huqúqu’lláh should be paid by a believer during the course of his life whenever his surplus property reaches the assessable level. A certain leeway is provided in the law, inasmuch as reference is made to the annual expenses which should be deducted before the liability to Huqúqu’lláh is calculated. Ideally, when a Bahá’í dies, the only payment to Huqúqu’lláh which should need to be provided for in his Will is such additional liability as may be found to exist when his affairs are reckoned up as at the date of his death.

The House of Justice hopes that as the believers acquaint themselves with the law of Huqúqu’lláh and start to pay it, they will also learn not only how to calculate it during the course of their lives but will thereby be enabled to understand how to provide for the payment of the balance remaining at their deaths.

(1 October 1989, written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to a Board of Trustees of Huqúqu’lláh)