The event of death does not remove from a believer the obligation to pay Huququ'llah.

“Your understanding that the obligation to pay Huququ'llah arises during one's lifetime and is normally to be carried out with lifetime giving is correct, although at the same time it is true that there may be cases where a believer dies without having made provision in his or her will for payment of the unpaid portion of Huququ'llah, if any. The event of death does not remove from a believer the obligation to pay Huququ'llah. Whatever portion is due to be paid is therefore a debt due from the believer's estate at the time of his or her death. The cost of the funeral and burial, the payment of the debts of the deceased, and the payment of whatever portion of Huququ'llah remains due are prior charges on the estate which must be met before arriving at the amount of the property which has to be divided in accordance with the provisions of the law of inheritance. Thus, whether or not a person makes a will or, having made a will, whether he or she makes provision in it for the payment of Huququ'llah, the Huququ'llah should be paid, like all debts, before the rest of the state is divided.”

-The UHJ to an individual believer, July 1 1996

https://www.bahaiquotes.com/subject/will-and-testament

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The Huquq was supposed to be a wealth tax to be used to reduce wealth inequality.

One non-denominational Baha'i states:

The Huquq was supposed to be a wealth tax to be used to reduce wealth inequality.

The UHJ has Huquq'u'llah entirely wrong. The first thing is Baha'u'llah ordained Houses of Justice in every city, not a single worldwide version. Secondly, they are to be the ones who receive the Huquq payment. When Baha'u'llah was still alive, He had allowed the collection of Huquq, with receipts, for the purpose it be dispersed to the impoverished. This is in BH00086 from the Partial Inventory. BH00086 is various letters to Shiraz in 1881 and remains untranslated by the Baha'i Faith.

The Bab and Baha'u'llah both declare the dispersion of Huquq must not be withheld. Those who do are not of God.

Huquq'u'llah is only to be paid if you attain 100g of gold or the equivalent in wealth. It isn't based on income, nor 19% of all income. The UHJ changed this to receive more funds.

Finally, while Baha'u'llah enjoined this on all believers, He also said it cannot be compelled and a person who desires to do so, has fulfilled the obligation.

I wanted to point this out because you are right, the way the UHJ interpreted Huquq'u'llah was to increase its own wealth so as to build shrines and widen capacities to do something no one is exactly sure of. If Huquq'u'llah was implemented exactly as the Bab and Baha'u'llah had commanded, I seriously doubt you would mind paying if you were to attain the minimum wealth.


https://old.reddit.com/r/exbahai/comments/1ht36jz/huqullah/m5auqb6/

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it becomes again subject to the payment of Huqúqu’lláh.

As to the question raised by Mr. …, kindly inform him that in a letter to an individual believer the beloved Guardian explained that Huqúqu’lláh is payable only once on a given property, whether personal or real, but should this property pass from one person to another, such as through inheritance, it becomes again subject to the payment of Huqúqu’lláh.

(1 June 1983, written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to a National Spiritual Assembly)

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According to Ruhiyyih Khanum, Huququ'llah was the right of the Guardian

Baha'u'llah established in His Most Holy Book a very unique voluntary form of tax, a source of revenue, the great importance of which He adequately defines by giving it the exalted title of "The Right of God" (Huququ'llah) but He never states to whom this revenue is payable, and in view of the fact that the revenues of the International House of Justice are clearly stipulated and this Huququ'llah is not included among them, the question naturally occurs-what person or institution is to receive it? 'Abdu'l-Baha's Will elucidates this riddle and fills in the conspicuous blank left by Baha'u'llah.

(Ruhiyyih Khanum, Twenty-Five Years of The Guardianship, Baha'i Publishing Committee, Wilmette, Illinois - 1948)

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Punishments for those who are eligible but do not pay Huququ'llah

"While Bahá’u’lláh promises us many blessings when we are honest in our duty to pay Ḥuqúqu’lláh, He also warns us not to neglect our duty or to be dishonest in calculating it. No one can force us to pay Ḥuqúqu’lláh, but, if we are eligible but do not pay, or we are not trustworthy and honest in calculating it, God will punish us. In the first quote He warns us not to act “treacherously” towards Ḥuqúqu’lláh and in the second quote, He tells us what the punishment would be if we do so. If we act treacherously, God in justice will expose us and we will also not receive the bounties of God."

"Refusing to pay Ḥuqúqu’lláh or spending it on other concerns, no matter how charitable they may be, would be seen as misusing the funds that belong to God, and an act of dishonesty. Any contributions to charities or even other Funds of the Faith should be made after we have paid our Ḥuqúqu’lláh."

Source : Huqúqu'lláh - The Right of God, Study Guide by Firaydoun Javaheri 2015, p 19

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Shoghi Effendi about giving to the Funds

Shoghi Effendi has said that giving to the Funds is, "...…a practical and effective way whereby every believer can test the measure and character of his faith, and prove in deeds the intensity of his devotion and attachment to the Cause."

https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/DG/dg-80.html

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All the friends of God... should contribute to the extent possible

All the friends of God... should contribute to the extent possible, however modest their offering may be. God doth not burden a soul beyond its capacity... O Friends of God! Be ye assured that in place of these contributions, your agriculture, your industry, and your commerce will be blessed by manifold increases, with goodly gifts and bestowals. He who cometh with one goodly deed will receive a tenfold reward. There is no doubt that the living Lord will abundantly confirm those who expend their wealth in His path. 

- 'Abdu'l-Bahá

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Huququ’llah will contribute to the spiritualization of humanity

The Institution of Huququ’llah will, during the course of this Dispensation, contribute to the spiritualization of humanity through the promotion of a new attitude to the acquisition and use of material resources. It will provide the material resources necessary for great collective enterprises designed to improve all aspects of life and will be a powerful element in the growth of a world civilization.

(Universal House of Justice letter, January 2003)

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The implementation of Bayan and non-implementation of Aqdas !?

The Bayan advocates death, violence, and war against non-Babis and since it was meant to be implemented that is exactly what the followers of the Bab did and created havoc and mayhem in Iran. If the laws of the Bayan were not meant to be implemented then there would be no need for Babis to cast aside their previous beliefs (mostly Islamic) and perform Babi rituals. Which human in his sane mind would bring a new religion with new laws then ask that these laws and rituals are not be acted upon. Even Baha'u'llah was practicing Babi law until he created Baha'ism.

On the other hand, the Aqdas has numerous laws that no one even cares about and every Baha'i that I have argued with claims the laws are non-binding. Just take a look at these easily implementable laws that have been cast aside by the UHJ: http://bahai-library.com/uhj_laws_not_binding or have been replaced "by the civil laws of each country".

Out of all the laws in the link that are not yet binding, one of the exceptions is the law of paying Huququ'llah to the UHJ: "The law of Huququ'llah is not yet applied to the western friends. [It became universally applicable at Ridvan 1992.]" Seems like the UHJ is some sort of cash hungry entity instead of being a spiritual center making sure the laws of Baha'ism are followed and implemented by Baha'is.

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The House of Justice does not issue an accounting of the current expenditure of these funds.

You have asked as to where and how the House of Justice reports on its uses of the funds received through payment of Huqúqu’lláh. The House of Justice does not issue an accounting of the current expenditure of these funds.

http://bahai-library.com/compilation_huququllah_right_god#s4

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Huququ'lláh is NOT to be paid to the UHJ

Bahá'u'lláh established in His Most Holy Book a very unique voluntary form of tax, a source of revenue, the great importance of which He adequately defines by giving it the exalted title of "The Right of God" (Huququ'lláh) but He never states to whom this revenue is payable, and in view of the fact that the revenues of the International House of Justice are clearly stipulated and this Huququ'lláh is not included among them, the question naturally occurs — what person or institution is to receive it? 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Will elucidates this riddle and fills in the conspicuous blank left by Bahá'u'lláh.

Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship
by Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1948

https://bahai-library.com/khanum_25_years_guardianship

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