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| Begging and giving to beggars is forbidden in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Bahá'u'lláh has made engaging in some kind of useful work obligatory. ‘Waste not your time in idleness and sloth,' He writes. ‘Occupy yourselves with that which profiteth yourselves and others . . . The most despised of men in the sight of God are those who sit idly and beg.' The Kitab-i-Aqdas also states, however, that if a person is unable to earn a living, the House of Justice and the wealthy must provide for him, and the rich are exhorted to engage in charity to the needy. |
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