Setting aside the business of "honor" in the middle east for a moment, it is reported by several observers (e.g. Mirza Habib Afnan) that Baha'u'llah firmly believed there was a Text from the Bab forbidding marriage with His wives (He had 2). So, Baha'u'llah saw Azal's marriage to Fatimih Khanum (the widow of the Bab) as a clear violation of this explicit instruction -- by none other than the person (Azal) whom claimed to be a successor to the Bab!
So all the other statements from Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi, seems to me, to stem from these comments of Baha'u'llah. Therefore the issue is about obedience to the Covenant of the Bab, in form of following His explicit instructions when they were still in effect. Or at least that's my understanding of how Baha'u'llah understood the issue. Best wishes, Ahang. --- Tim Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Susan, > > >That's why Shoghi Effendi expresses so much shock at Mirza Yahya marrying > the Bab's second wife and then divorcing her only to marry her to Siyyid > Muhammad Isfahani. It was a violation of the Bab's honor. < > > Why, specifically, was it a violation of the Bab's honor? I can see > how it was a violation of the wife's honor; it appears she was simply > passed around like a piece of furniture, none of the men seemed > interested in what she wanted. So, I see the dishonor to the woman. > But what is the dishonor to the Bab? > > Tim Nolan > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st > News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
