The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Questions and Answers
with this sacred verse, the residence and personal clothing of the deceased revert to the House of Justice.
42Question:The ordinance of
Ḥuqúqu’lláh is revealed in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Is the residence, with the accompanying fixtures and necessary furnishings, included in the property on which Ḥuqúq is payable, or is it otherwise?
Answer:In the laws revealed in Persian We have ordained that in this Most Mighty
Dispensation the residence and the household furnishings are exempt—that is, such furnishings as are necessary.
43Question:Concerning the betrothal of a girl before maturity.
Answer:This practice hath been pronounced unlawful by the Source of Authority, and it is unlawful to announce a marriage earlier than ninety-five days before the wedding.
44Question:If a person hath, for example, a hundred túmans, payeth the Ḥuqúq on this sum, loseth half the sum in unsuccessful transactions and then, through trading, the amount in hand is raised again to the sum on which Ḥuqúq is due—must such a person pay Ḥuqúq or not?
Answer:In such an event the Ḥuqúq is not payable.
45Question:If, after payment of Ḥuqúq, this same sum of one hundred túmans is lost in its entirety, but
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