Abrogated Laws: Uncleanliness of Semen

Bahá’u’lláh

Uncleanliness of semen (Ritual)

“God hath decreed, in token of His mercy unto His creatures, that semen is not unclean. Yield thanks unto Him with joy and radiance, and follow not such as are remote from the Dawning-place of His nearness.” 1

“In a number of religious traditions and in Shi'ih Muslim practice semen has been declared ritually unclean. Baha'u'llah has here dispelled this concept. See also note 106” 2

“God hath … abolished the concept of “uncleanness,” whereby divers things and peoples have been held to be impure.
The concept of ritual “uncleanness,” as understood and practiced in some tribal societies and in the religious communities of certain earlier Dispensations, has been abolished by Baha’u’llah. He states that through His Revelation “all created things were immersed in the sea of purification.” (See also notes 12, 20, and 103.)” 3



Babi Dispensation

See the Persian Bayan, Wahid V, Chapter XV

Islamic Dispensation

See the Holy Quran, Al-Ma’idah 5:6

Christian & Jewish Dispensation

See the Holy Bible, Leviticus, 15:16-18




Footnotes

  1. Baha’u’llah, The Most Holy Book, para 74

  2. Notes to Kitab-i-Aqdas no. 103

  3. Notes to Kitab-i-Aqdas no. 106

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