'Abdu'l-Bahá in one of His Tablets has stated:
"Disposition of the Huquq, wholly or partly, is permissible, but this
should be done by permission of the authority in the Cause to whom all must
turn." The provision in His Will and Testament that the Huququ'lláh
"is to be offered through the guardian of the Cause of God..." is
clearly in accord with this principle. In another Tablet 'Abdu'l-Bahá referred
to the Universal House of Justice as "the authority to whom all must
turn" and it is clear that in the absence of the Guardian it is the
supreme and central institution of the Cause. Moreover, before 'Abdu'l-Bahá,
Bahá'u'lláh had revealed the following: "There is a prescribed ruling for
the Huququ'lláh. After the House of Justice hath come into being the law
thereof will be made manifest, in conformity with the Will of God." In
accordance with these explicit texts it is clearly within the jurisdiction of
the Universal House of Justice to decide about the receipt and disbursement of
Huququ'lláh at the present time.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated 2 March 1972
to the Hands of the Cause residing in the Holy Land; The Compilation of
Compilations vol. I)
