ANSWER: By pilgrimage to the sacred House, which is enjoined upon men, is
intended both the Most Great House in Bag{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}dad and the House of the
Primal Point in S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}iraz; pilgrimage to either of these Houses sufficeth.
They may thus make pilgrimage to whichever lieth nearer to the place where
they reside.
30. QUESTION: Concerning the verse: "he who would take into his service a
maid may do so with propriety."
ANSWER: This is solely for service such as is performed by any other class
of servants, be they young or old, in exchange for wages; such a maiden is
free to choose a husband at whatever time she pleaseth, for it is
forbidden either that women should be purchased, or that a man should have
more wives than two.
31. QUESTION: Concerning the sacred verse: "The Lord hath prohibited ...
the practice to which ye formerly had recourse when thrice ye had divorced
a woman."
ANSWER: The reference is to the law which previously made it necessary for
another man to marry such a woman before she could again be wedded to her
former husband; this practice hath been prohibited in the Kitab-i-Aqdas.
32. QUESTION: Concerning the restoration and preservation of the two
Houses in the Twin Spots, and the other sites wherein the throne hath been
established.
ANSWER: By the two Houses is intended the Most Great House and the House
of the Primal Point. As for other sites, the people of the areas where
these are situated may choose to preserve either each house wherein the
throne hath been established, or one of them.
33. QUESTION: Again inquiry hath been made about the inheritance of the
teacher.
ANSWER: If the teacher is not of the people of Baha, he doth not inherit.
Should there be several teachers, the share is to be divided equally
amongst them. If the teacher is deceased, his offspring do not inherit his
share, but rather two thirds of it revert to the children of the owner of
the estate, and the remaining one third to the House of Justice.
34. QUESTION: Concerning the residence which hath been assigned
exclusively to the male offspring.
ANSWER: If there are several residences, the finest and noblest of these
dwellings is the one intended, the remainder being distributed amongst the
whole body of the heirs like any other form of property. Any heir, from
whichever category of inheritors, who is outside the Faith of God is
accounted as non-existent and doth not inherit.