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The Ethics of Wealth
According to the Bahá’í teachings, riches rightly acquired and rightly used are honorable and praiseworthy.
1 min
Haji Muhammad-Baqir and the Test of Gold
In Adrianople a messenger of Bahá'u'lláh foretold to Haji Mirza Haydar-'Ali how a devoted merchant, granted wealth, would fall away, lose everything and at last return to serve the Cause as a poor man.
3 min
The Sixth Principle—Means of Existence
4 Avenue de Camöens, Paris One of the most important principles of the Teaching of Bahá’u’lláh is: The right of every human being to the daily bread whereby they exist, or the equalization of the means of livelihood.
4 min
Poverty in London and New York
Housed in comfort in London, 'Abdu'l-Bahá was saddened by the hunger of people living nearby, as in New York, and foretold a time when the wealthy would spend their riches to improve their communities.
1 min