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The Kitáb-i-Aqdas

  • Author:
  • Bahá’u’lláh

  • Source:
  • Bahá’í World Centre, 1992 edition
  • Pages:
  • 254
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Pages 170-171
 

13. We have commanded you to pray and fast from the beginning of maturity # 10

 
Bahá’u’lláh defines the “age of maturity with respect to religious duties” as “fifteen for both men and women” (Q and A 20). For details of the period of fasting, see note 25. 171