Abrogated Laws and Ordinances of Previous Dispensations
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Abrogated Laws: Penalizing Whoever Causes Sadness to His Neighbour

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Penalizing whoever causes sadness to his neighbour

“… A fine of nineteen mithqals 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...” 1

“A fine … had formerly been prescribed … for anyone who was the cause of sadness to another
Baha’u’llah abrogates the law of the Persian Bayan concerning the payment of a fine in reparation for causing sadness to one’s neighbor.” 2


Babi Dispensation

The Bab decreed a monetary fine for anyone who grieves another. 3



Footnotes

  1. Baha’u’llah, The Most Holy Book, para 148 ↩

  2. Notes to Kitab-i-Aqdas no. 163 ↩

  3. See the Persian Bayan, Wáhid VII, Chapter 18 ↩

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