The Financial Relationship between Bahá'u'lláh and the Bahá'í Community

By Mehrdad Bashiri

Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #137
Bosch Baha'i School: Santa Cruz, CA
May 26–30, 2016
(see list of papers from #137)


    The purpose of this presentation is to examine some aspects of Bahá'u'lláh's financial relationship with the Bahá'í community during His ministry. This talk is organized around the following four subject matters:
    1. Various ways and means connecting the Bahá'í Community to Bahá'u'lláh in areas of financial matters
    2. Financial features of some Bahá'í laws and ordinances revealed in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
    3. Reviewing Bahá'u'lláh's instructions and teachings related to the believers' approaches in financial matters
    4. General assessment of Bahá'u'lláh's financial circumstances during His Ministry

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