QUESTION: Which is to take precedence: the Huqúqu’lláh, the
debts of the deceased or the cost of the funeral and burial?
ANSWER [by Baha’u’llah]: The funeral and burial take
precedence, then settlement of debts, then payment of Huqúqu’lláh. Should the
property of the deceased prove insufficient to cover his debts, the remainder
of his estate should be distributed among these debts in proportion to their
size.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Questions and Answers’; ‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
