- Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). 167 selections, updated August 2023.
- Sen McGlinn. Considerations Relating to the Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Some (1995). Gender distinctions in the Bahá'í inheritance laws might at first glance seem to favor male heirs, but the laws actually create a symmetrical equality.
- Romuald Boubou Moyo. Discovering a Sacred Numerical Pattern from Baha'i Scriptures (2020-07). Brief analysis of the inheritance shares outlined in the Kitab-i-Aqdas and how the abjad system of numerology might shed light on hidden patterns.
- Sen McGlinn. Family Law in Iran (2001). Detailed overview of 20th-century Iranian laws regarding marriage, divorce, marriage rights and duties, dowry, and inheritance. Contains passing mentions of the Bahá'í Faith.
- Seena Fazel. Inheritance (1994). The apparent contradiction between sexual equality and the unequal inheritance laws contained in the Aqdas.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Inheritance: Extracts from Four Tablets by Abdu'l-Bahá Concerning the Question of (n.d.).
- Ishita Kohli. Inheritance Laws of Bahá'í Community: A Gendered Analysis of Inheritance Under the Kitab-i-Aqdas and the Indian Succession Act (2021-11). Bahá'í laws create a symmetrical equality between sexes, via the principle of mutatis mutandis; the concept of private property and its effect on testamentary succession seen through a progressive and gender-neutral lens.
- Sarthak Sharma. Inheritance Laws of the Baha'i Community and Gender Equality (2021). Examination of whether the Bahá'í Faith's teachings on gender-justice and equality are reflected in its inheritance laws and the Kitab-i-Aqdas; scholarly articles on this subject; comparison with Islamic provisions and law.
- Sen McGlinn. Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas (1995-04). Conceptualizing the Kitab-i Aqdas as establishing a fixed and elaborate set of laws and requirements is misplaced; even in the most central issues there has been a radical development in Bahá'í law.
- Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles Maneck), Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani, R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, Anthony Lee. Question of Gender, A: A Forum on the Status of Men in Bahá'í Law (1987). Six authors address issues of theology, sociology, law, inheritance, equality, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, marriage, and feminism raised by John and Linda Walbridge's article "Bahá'í Laws on the Status of Men" (World Order 1984).
- Bijan Samali. Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (1996). The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisation of the oneness of human race; ensure the equality of the sexes; are adaptable to cultural diversities; and call for the elimination of all prejudices.
- Dalton Garis, comp. Will and Testament Blank Preamble (2020). A template for a personal will, free for any Bahá'í to use.
- Universal House of Justice. Wills and Inheritance (1996-07-01). Five questions about the writing of Bahá'í wills. Includes a list of which laws are not at present binding upon the friends in the western world, and a compilation of "Extracts from Four Tablets by Abdu'l-Bahá Concerning the Question of Inheritance."
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