Notes to Aqdas, Sentence #57

Notes from the Authorized Translation

43. Should the deceased leave offspring, but none of the other categories of heirs # 22

Baha'u'llah clarifies that "This ruling hath both general and specific application, which is to say that whenever any category of this latter class of heirs is absent, two thirds of their inheritance pass to the offspring and the remaining third to the House of Justice" (Q and A 7).

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