As to the Huqúq, it is payable on whatever is left over
after deducting one's yearly expenses. However, any money or possession which
is necessary in producing income for one's subsistence, and on which Huqúq hath
once been paid is exempt from Huqúq. This exemption also applieth to a property
on which Huqúq hath already been paid, and the income of which doth not exceed
one's needs.... Disposition of the Huqúq, wholly or partly, is permissible, but
this should be done by permission of the authority in the Cause to whom all
must turn.
- ‘Abdu'l-Bahá’ (From a
Tablet, The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Huququ’llah)
