The paying of the
Huqúq is a spiritual obligation; the friends must not be obliged by the
assemblies to pay it, but they should be encouraged to fulfil this spiritual
obligation laid upon them in the Aqdas.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 12 October 1946 written on behalf of
Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of India;
The Compilation of Compilations, vol. 1, Huququ’llah)