ANSWER: He saith, exalted be He: "If ye should hunt with beasts or birds of prey" and so forth. Other means, such as bows and arrows, guns, and similar equipment employed in hunting, are also included. If, however, traps or snares are used, and the game dieth before it can be reached, it is unlawful for consumption. 25. QUESTION: Concerning the pilgrimage. ANSWER: It is an obligation to make pilgrimage to one of the two sacred Houses; but as to which, it is for the pilgrim to decide. 26. QUESTION: Concerning the dowry. ANSWER: Regarding dowry, the intention of contenting oneself with the lowest level is nineteen miṯẖqáls of silver. 27. QUESTION: Concerning the sacred verse: "If, however, news should reach her of her husband’s death", etc. ANSWER: With reference to waiting a "fixed number of months" a period of nine months is intended. 28. QUESTION: Again inquiry hath been made about the teacher’s share of the inheritance. ANSWER: Should the teacher have passed away, one third of his share of the inheritance reverteth to the House of Justice, and the remaining two thirds pass to the deceased’s, and not the teacher’s, offspring. 29. QUESTION: Again inquiry hath been made about the pilgrimage. ANSWER: By pilgrimage to the sacred House, which is enjoined upon men, is intended both the Most Great House in Bag̱ẖdád and the House of the Primal Point in S̱ẖíráz; 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 Kitáb-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.