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61: Question: What is the attitude of your belief toward the family?… |
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Answer: According to the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh the family, being a
human unit, must be educated according to the rules of sanctity. All the
virtues must be taught the family. The integrity of the family bond must be
constantly considered, and the rights of the individual members must not be
transgressed. The rights of the son, the father, the mother—none of them
must be transgressed, none of them must be arbitrary. Just as the son has
certain obligations to his father, the father, likewise, has certain
obligations to his son. The mother, the sister and other members of the
household have their certain prerogatives. All these rights and prerogatives
must be conserved, yet the unity of the family must be sustained. The injury
of one shall be considered the injury of all; the comfort of each, the comfort
of all; the honor of one, the honor of all.
(“The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912”, p. 168) [61] |
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