A collection of messages to individual believers in chronological order. Suggested headings were not part of the original messages.

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Application of the law of Huqúqu’lláh: individuals only or can Bahá’í institutions or corporate bodies also contribute?

29 March 1989

Dear Bahá’í Friend,

The Universal House of Justice has received your letter of 5 February 1989 in which you ask whether the Law of Huqúqu'lláh is a purely personal law or whether it applies to elected institutions and corporate bodies as well.

We have been asked to inform you that, although the Trustee is authorized to accept contributions to Huqúqu’lláh from believers who are not under the obligation of paying it, or from companies which are wholly owned by Bahá’ís, the Law of Huqúqu’lláh imposes an obligation only on individual believers, not on Bahá’í institutions or corporate bodies.

With loving Bahá’í greetings,

Department of the Secretariat

(‘Messages from the House of Justice 1986-2001)