I am only aware of one Baha'i law that is directly derived from the Qur'an:
"And in the matter of Zakat, We have likewise decreed that you should follow what hath been revealed in the Qur'án." (Baha'u'llah, Tablet of Questions and Answers No. 107, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 140) There are other Baha'i laws that have Islamic aspects to them. For example the Right of God being 19% is similar to a Shiah practice, but I think it arose from jurisprudence, not from the explicit text of the Qur'an. (Perhaps both are foreshadowed in the story of Joseph in the Book of Genesis. I understand Joseph to be the archetype of the Prophet of God, and He gathered one-fifth of the produce of the land into the granaries). A great many of the laws of Baha'u'llah have their antecedents in the laws of the Bayan, though many have been modified, including the inheritance laws, the calendar, certain fines, part of the congregational prayer for the dead, the month of fasting, and so on. But I'm curious which Baha'i laws are really rooted in the laws revealed in the Qur'an. Brent __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com 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/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
