The Baha’is claim for the teaching of the equality of means of livelihood which has been emphasized by their leaders as proportionate with the spirit of this era. As Abdul Baha has said: “It isn’t allowable for some to live in wealth and some to live in poverty. It should be revised and a rule should be exerted for all to be convenient.[1]”

     The first note is that the religion of Islam has previously mentioned this issue and offered several strategies to fulfill this aim.[2]

     The second note is that contrary to their slogans, the Baha’ism leaders stepped contrary to the direction of the aim. For instance, they assumed usury as allowable in Baha’ism.[3] Usury which makes the rich to be wealthier and the poor to be poorer.

     The Baha’i proselytizers justify that many people are in need of usury. According to Bahaullah: “The majority of people are observed to be in need of usury. If usury doesn’t exist, the affairs will be detained… So, we established usury as common among people like other transactions; that is usury is pure, clean and legitimate from now on.[4]”

     The major question is that: What will be meaning of the necessity for the equality of means of livelihood if the Baha’ism leaders have made usury allowable to betoken capitalism.

     The other justification of the forged prophet of Baha’ism is that many people are in need of it. It should be asked that: hasn’t God been aware of it. God has announced usury as illegitimate representing it as fighting against God. As we recite in the holy Quran:

" يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ؛ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ …" [بقره/ 279-278]

     “O’ ye who believe! Observe your duty to Allah, and give up what remaineth  (due to you) from usury, if ye are (in truth) believers; And if ye do not, then be warned of war (against you) from Allah and His messenger. And if ye repent, ten ye have your principal (without interest). Wrong not, ye shall not be wronged.” [Al-Baqareh/ 278-279]