Individual Laws: Inheritance

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#	name
# 1	name Inheritance falls into the following categories:
#	name a. children 1,080 out of 2,520 shares
#	name b. husband or wife 390 out of 2,520 shares
#	name c. father 330 out of 2,520 shares
#	name d. mother 270 out of 2,520 shares
#	name e. brother 210 out of 2,520 shares
#	name f. sister 150 out of 2,520 shares
#	name g. teacher 90 out of 2,520 shares
# 2	name The share of the children, as allotted by the Báb, is doubled by Bahá’u’lláh, and an equal portion correspondingly reduced from each of the remaining beneficiaries.
# 3	name Should one leave no offspring
#	name a. In cases where there is no issue the share of the children reverts to the House of Justice to be expended on orphans and widows and for whatever will profit mankind.
#	name b. If the son of the deceased be dead and leave issue, these will inherit the share of their father. If the daughter of the deceased be dead and leave issue, her share will have to be divided into the seven categories specified in the Most Holy Book.
# 4	name Should one leave offspring but either part or all of the other categories of inheritors be nonexistent, two thirds of their shares reverts to the offspring and one third to the House of Justice.
# 5	name Should none of the specified beneficiaries exist, two thirds of the inheritance reverts to the nephews and nieces of the deceased. If these do not exist, the same share reverts to the aunts and uncles; lacking these, to their sons and daughters. In any case the remaining third reverts to the House of Justice.
# 6	name Should one leave none of the aforementioned heirs, the entire inheritance reverts to the House of Justice.
# 7	name The residence and the personal clothing of the deceased father pass to the male not to the female offspring. If there be several residences the principal and most important one passes to the male offspring. The remaining residences will together with the other possessions of the deceased have to be divided among the heirs. If there be no male offspring two thirds of the principal residence and the personal clothing of the deceased father will revert to the female issue and one third to the House of Justice. In the case of the deceased mother all her used clothing is to be equally divided amongst her daughters. Her unworn clothing, jewels and property must be divided among her heirs, as well as her used clothing if she leaves no daughter.
# 8	name Should the children of the deceased be minors their share should either be entrusted to a reliable person or to a company for purposes of investment, until they attain the age of maturity. A share of the interest accrued should be assigned to the trustee.
# 9	name The inheritance should not be divided until after the payment of the Ḥuqúqu’lláh (The Right of God), of any debts contracted by the deceased and of any expenses incurred for a befitting funeral and burial.
# 10	name If the brother of the deceased is from the same father he will inherit his full allotted share. If he is from another father he will inherit only two thirds of his share, the remaining one third reverting to the House of Justice. The same law is applicable to the sister of the deceased.
# 11	name In case there are full brothers or full sisters, brothers and sisters from the mother’s side do not inherit.
# 12	name A non-Bahá’í teacher does not inherit. If there should be more than one teacher, the share allotted to the teacher is to be equally divided among them.
# 13	name Non-Bahá’í heirs do not inherit.
# 14	name Aside from the wife’s used clothing and gifts of jewellery or otherwise which have been proven to have been given her by her husband, whatever the husband has purchased for his wife are to be considered as the husband’s possessions to be divided among his heirs.
# 15	name Any person is at liberty to will his possessions as he sees fit provided he makes provisions for the payment of Ḥuqúqu’lláh and the discharge of his debts.