The Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh
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had been laid down in the Book # 10
16. Let him that findeth no water for ablution repeat five times the words "In the Name of God, the Most Pure, the Most Pure", and then proceed to his devotions. #10 17. In regions where the days and nights grow long, let times of prayer be gauged by clocks and other instruments that mark the passage of the hours. #10 18. We have absolved you from the requirement of performing the Prayer of the Signs. #11 19. Save in the Prayer for the Dead, the practice of congregational prayer hath been annulled. #12 20. God hath exempted women who are in their courses from obligatory prayer and fasting. #13 21. When travelling, if ye should stop and rest in some safe spot, perform yeâmen and women alikeâa single prostration in place of each unsaid Obligatory Prayer #14 22. Upon completing your prostrations, seat yourselves cross-legged #14 23. Say: God hath made My hidden love the key to the Treasure #15 24. O Pen of the Most High! #16 25. We have enjoined upon you fasting during a brief period #16 26. and at its close have designated for you Naw-Rúz as a feast #16 27. Let the days in excess of the months be placed before the month of fasting. #16 28. We have ordained that these ... shall be the manifestations of the letter Há #16 29. these days of giving that precede the season of restraint #16 30. The traveller ... not bound by the Fast #16 31. The traveller, the ailing, those who are with child or giving suck, are not bound by the Fast; they have been exempted by God as a token of His grace. #16 |
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