Abrogated Laws: Penalizing Whoever Causes Sadness to His Neighbour
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Penalizing Whoever Causes Sadness to His Neighbour
Ye have been forbidden in the Book of God to engage in contention and conflict, to strike another, or to commit similar acts whereby hearts and souls may be saddened. A fine of nineteen mithqáls of gold had formerly been prescribed by Him Who is the Lord of all mankind for anyone who was the cause of sadness to another; in this Dispensation, however, He hath absolved you thereof and exhorteth you to show forth righteousness and piety.
(The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The Most Holy Book, Bahá’u’lláh, para. 148)
Bahá’u’lláh abrogates the law of the Persian Bayán concerning the payment of a fine in reparation for causing sadness to one’s neighbor.
(The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The Most Holy Book, Notes NO. 169)