Regarding Mr…'s bequest to the Temple: your Assembly should
inform his widow that, because he was not a Bahá'í, we cannot use his money for
our purposes, as we consider our Faith and its institutions our free gift to
humanity; you can, however, and indeed should, accept it for charity and expend
it in his name.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, dated 5 July
1950 to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, published in
‘Bahá'í News’, no. 236, October 1950; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I,
Baha’i Funds and Contributions)
