As well, David, consider that no particular posture is required as with the other obligatory prayers. Therefore a woman in her courses may lie down or sit or move around during the repetitions. Moreover, it appears that the maidservant can use the entire twenty-four hours to repeat the verse 95 times; i.e. perhaps she need not recite the verse more than four times per hour.
Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Baha'i Studies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:21 PM Subject: Exemption > God hath exempted women who are in their courses from obligatory prayer and > fasting. Let them, instead, after performance of their ablutions, give > praise unto God, repeating ninety-five times between the noon of one day and > the next "Glorified be God, the Lord of Splendour and Beauty". Thus hath it > been decreed in the Book, if ye be of them that comprehend. > (Baha'u'llah: The Kitab-i-Aqdas, Pages: 23-24) > > > I'm just trying to understand the sense of this law. Obviously it's trying > to make things easier for women, but wouldn't it be more easy to say the > short obligatory prayer after ablutions than repeat those words 95 times? > The short obligatory prayer would be done within half a minute. A woman > could also say a couple of short prayers during the day, taking less time in > total than repeating those words. An exemption obviously isn't a > prohibition, though from the wording of this passage it seems clear that one > should do things as stated. > > David > > _________________________________________________________________ > Surf the net and talk on the phone with Xtra Jetstream @ > http://www.xtra.co.nz/products/0,,5803,00.html ! > > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web - http://list.jccc.net/read/?forum=bahai-st > News - news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st > http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public) __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.net/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
