The Baha'i Studies Listserv But there are also > required ablutions for prayer, and rules about menstruating women > praying in a different way and instructions to pray on a clean > surface.
Dear Gilberto, The different instructions regarding menstruating women are optional, not obligatory. In other words menstruating women do not have to perform the obligatory prayers and may recite certain verses if they wish, but they can perform them if they want. But yes, there are general instructions about cleanliness in regards to ones clothing, etc. > > I guess I can't read that and say "The Bahai faith has no concept of > ritual impurity". It seems more accurate to describe it in a more > nuanced way. I would say that Baha'u'llah is concerned with actual cleanliness rather than ritual impurity. warmest, Susan __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
