Laws from the past confirmed by Bahá'u'lláh

From the Bayán of the Báb

Confirmed law	Paragraph of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas	Prior source of law
Fasting (19 Days) and Naw-Rúz	16	Bayán (Persian), váhid 8, chapter 18; váhid 5, chapter 3; váhid 6, chapter 14
Recitation of 95 Alláh-u-Abhás	13	Bayán (Persian), váhid 5, chapter 17
Inheritance (7 classes thereof)	20	Bayán (Persian), váhid 8, chapter 2
Wills	109	Bayán (Persian), váhid 5, chapter 13
Pilgrimage (House of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh)	32	Bayán (Persian), váhid 4, chapter 16; váhid 6, chapter 16
Qiblih	137	Bayán (Arabic), váhid 8
Dowry amount	66	Bayán (Persian), váhid 6, chapter 7
Burial (crystal or wood coffin, ring on right hand, five piece shroud of silk or cotton)	128-130	Bayán (Persian), váhid 5, chapter 12
Prayer for the Dead	8	Bayán (Persian), váhid 5, chapter 11
Huqúqu'lláh	97	Bayán (Persian), váhid 8, chapter 16
Reciting the verses of God - individuals and Meditation on the Writings	149	Bayán (Persian), váhid 8, chapter 14
Pulpits and sitting on chairs	154	Bayán (Persian), váhid 7, chapter 11
Carrying weapons	159	Bayán (Persian), váhid 7, chapter 6
Clothing#Permitted to wear silk and Gold#Permission to eat from gold (or silver) dishes	159 and 46	Bayán (Persian), váhid 6, chapter 9
Confession of sins	34	Bayán (Persian), váhid 7, chapter 14
Work as worship and Begging	33	Bayán (Arabic), váhid 8
Marriage (vow)	Q3	Bayán (Arabic), váhid 6
Marriage (consent)	65, Q92	? (Indicated within the Aqdas as being in the Bayán)
Marriage enjoined but not obligatory	65, Q92	Bayán (Persian), váhid 8, chapter 15
Year of Patience	68	Bayán (Persian), váhid 6, chapter 12
Science#Current sciences (such as theologians use) are not to be used to weigh the Book of God	99	Bayán (Persian), váhid 2, chapter 1
Alcohol; Opium and Drugs	119, 155	Bayán (Persian), váhid 9, chapter 8
Trespassing	145	Bayán (Persian), váhid 6, chapter 16
Kindness to animals	187	Bayán (Persian), váhid 6, chapter 16
Feast (19 day)	57	Bayán (Arabic), váhid 9
Ritual uncleanliness - semen	74	Bayán (Persian), váhid 5, chapter 15
Hair#(The wearing of ) Hair does not invalidate one's prayer, as the divines have mistakenly thought (or sable or bones)	9	Bayán (Persian), váhid 5, chapter 14
Self-cleaning; Washing soiled items and Rose water and pure perfumes	106 and 76	Bayán (Persian), váhid 8, chapter 6; váhid 6, chapter 2
Substitution for missed obligatory prayer	14	Bayán (Persian), váhid 8, chapter 10
Furnishings (Renewing every 19 years if able)	151	Bayán (Arabic), váhid 9
Mithqál (standard of measure)	Q23	Bayán (Persian), váhid 5, chapter 19
Interest	27	Bayán (Persian), váhid 5, chapter 18
Criticism	19	Bayán (Arabic), ?
Mourning	130?	Bayán (Arabic), ?

To-dos for this section

• Add links to Bayán if online version in English available

From the Qur'án

• Zakát

From Zoroastrianism

• Naw-Rúz

See also

• Abrogated laws