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Did either the Bab, Baha'u'llah or anyone else say anything on this topic? I know we have monogamy, but in Islam which has monogamy, bigamy, trigamy, and tetragamy, but no further, temporary wives do not count as going over the four limit. There are varying views withing Islam as too when and if it was abrogated. Sunnis say by Muhammad and various Sunni Hadiths contradict each other on everyhting except he abrogated it. Shias say those Hadith are inauthentic and it was Caliph Umar not Muhammad that abrogated it. http://www.answering-ansar.org/answers/mutah/en/index.php Mutah a comprehensive guide http://www.answering-ansar.org/ The website itself. http://www.answering-ansar.org/answers/mutah/en/chap7.php Sunni morality. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-506437-274...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu 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/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu