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90. he who would take into his service a maid may do
so with propriety # 63
Bahá'u'lláh states that a man may employ a maiden for
domestic service. This was not permissible under Shi'ih
Muslim practice unless the employer entered into a
marriage contract with her. Bahá'u'lláh emphasizes that the
"service" referred to in this verse is solely "such as is performed
by any other class of servants, be they young or old, in exchange for
wages" (Q and A 30). An employer has no sexual rights over his 207
maid. She is "free to choose a husband at whatever time she
pleaseth", for the purchase of women is forbidden (Q and A 30).
(Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 206)
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'Abdu'l-Bahá said that,
And as the authorized interpreter His interpretation stands whether it
follows the literal reading of the Aqdas or not.
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