A collection of excerpts containing chronologically issued answers to some of the questions submitted by individual believers and institutions

8/31/2020

“children of non-Bahá'ís or children one of whose parents is a Bahá'í - 31 August 1975

The Universal House of Justice has received your letter asking whether children of non-Bahá'ís or children one of whose parents is a Bahá'í are allowed to contribute to Bahá'í funds, and we have been asked to say that in both cases, if the child wishes to be a Bahá'í and his parents do not object, he may be treated as any other Bahá'í child. However, if the parents object to their child's being a Bahá'í, this contribution may be accepted for charitable purposes, including use for Bahá'í schools where both Bahá'ís and non-Bahá'ís are accepted as pupils. 

- The Universal House of Justice  (From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice of India, August 31, 1975; compilation: ‘Lights of Guidance’)