Abrogated laws
The laws of the Bayán has been superseded by the Kitáb-i-Aqdas except for those which are confirmed and mentioned in it[edit]
"The Bayán hath been superseded by the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, except in respect of such laws as have been confirmed and mentioned in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. The Book to which the Bahá’ís turn is the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, not the Bayán."
- ('Abdu'l-Bahá, extract from a Tablet of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; also cited in part in Notes to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, no. 108)
"...the teachings of the Bayan have been abrogated and superseded by the laws of Aqdas..."
See also[edit]
- Bayán (Persian) (re: the laws of Islám being abrogated)
Compilations[edit]
"Abrogation of specific laws and ordinances of previous Dispensations"[edit]
(Asterisked items adopted from Synopsis and Codification of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, no. IV.D.2)
(Note that some of these were not abrogations of authoritative religious teachings from the Manifestations, but a correction of religious leaders or oral traditions)
- Abrogation of laws on destruction of books*
- Abrogation of prohibition of the wearing of silk*
- Abrogation of prohibition of the use of gold and silver utensils*
- Abrogation on limitation of travel*
- Abrogation of offering priceless gifts to the Founder of the Faith*
- Abrogation of prohibition on questioning the Founder of the Faith*
- Abrogation of prohibition against remarrying one's divorced wife* (also in Synopsis IV.C.2.i)
- Abrogation of penalizing whoever causes sadness to his neighbor*
- Abrogation of prohibition of music*
- Abrogation of limitations upon one's apparel and beard*
- Abrogation of uncleanliness of divers objects and peoples*
- Abrogation of uncleanliness of semen*
- Abrogation of uncleanliness of certain objects for purposes of prostration*
- Holy war
- Polygamy
See also[edit]
- Laws (including laws that were renewed in a different manner)
- Law
- Laws from the past confirmed by Bahá'u'lláh
- Laws not presently binding in the West