The Universal House of Justice has received your letter of 17 November 1975 and in reply to your specific question, "May our Bahá'í-owned retail mattress store remain open in the care of our non-Bahá'í employees on the Holy Days when we refrain from working?", has instructed us to say that in shops or stores owned by Bahá'ís, the fact that they may have non-Bahá'ís in employment does not exempt the Bahá'í owners from closing their businesses on Bahá'í Holy Days.
- The Universal House of Justice (Letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice, dated November 30, 1975, to an individual believer; Developing Distinctive Baha’i Communities, NSA of USA, 1998 edition)
