Ritual uncleanliness
In Bahá'í Faith[edit]
Concept of ritual uncleanliness abolished in the Bahá'í Dispensation[edit]
"God hath, likewise, as a bounty from His presence, abolished the concept of "uncleanness", whereby divers things and peoples have been held to be impure. He, of a certainty, is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous. Verily, all created things were immersed in the sea of purification when, on that first day of Ridván, We shed upon the whole of creation the splendours of Our most excellent Names and Our most exalted Attributes. This, verily, is a token of My loving providence, which hath encompassed all the worlds. Consort ye then with the followers of all religions, and proclaim ye the Cause of your Lord, the Most Compassionate; this is the very crown of deeds, if ye be of them who understand."
- (Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, par. 75)
"The concept of ritual "uncleanness", as understood and practised in some tribal societies and in the religious communities of certain earlier Dispensations, has been abolished by Bahá'u'lláh. He states that through His Revelation "all created things were immersed in the sea of purification". (See also notes 12, 20, and 103.)"
- (Notes to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, no. 106)
Types of ritual uncleanliness abolished[edit]
In Islám[edit]
A man could not have intercourse with women during their courses in Islám[edit]
"They ask thee concerning women's courses. Say: They are a hurt and a pollution: So keep away from women in their courses, and do not approach them until they are clean. But when they have purified themselves, ye may approach them in any manner, time, or place ordained for you by God. For God loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who keep themselves pure and clean."
- (Qur'án, 2:222)
(Oral traditions in Islám expound on this)[edit]
- (See Sahih Muslim, The Book of Menstruation (Kitab Al-Haid), Book 3; Chapters 1, 2, and 12-14 deal with menstruation)
- (See also Sahih Bukhari, Menstrual Periods, Book 6)
