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Individual Laws: Ḥuqúqu’lláh

Bahá’u’lláh
oceanoflights.org/006-ord-huququllah-en/

Right of God

Huququ’llah

Other references: A Codification of the Law of Huququ’llah
https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/compilations/codification-law-huququllah/1#340454966

Other references: Huququ’llah – The Right of God
https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/compilations/huququllah-right-god/


Babi Dispensation

The Bab ordained the sacred law of Huququ’llah. 1


Islamic Dispensation

“Know that whatever thing you may come by, a fifth of it is for Allah and the Apostle, for the relatives and the orphans, for the needy and the traveller, if you have faith in Allah and what We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Separation, the day when the two hosts met; and Allah has power over all things.” 2


Christian Dispensation

The New Testament does not command tithing in the same way as the Old Testament, it emphasizes generosity and giving from the heart. Jesus praised the widow’s offering as an act of true faith (Mark 12:41-44), and Paul encouraged cheerful, voluntary giving 3


Jewish Dispensation

Under Mosaic Law, the Israelites were required to give a tenth of their crops, livestock, and income as an offering to the Lord, which supported the Levites 4



Footnotes

  1. See Persian Bayan, Wahid VIII, Chapter XVI ↩

  2. The Holy Quran, Surat Al-Anfal, Verse 41 ↩

  3. (2 Corinthians 9:7). ↩

  4. (Leviticus 27:30-32). ↩

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