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Directives from the Guardian

  • Author:

  • Shoghi Effendi

  • Source:
  • India/Hawaii, 1973 edition
  • Pages:
  • 87
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Page 44

118: MARRIAGE, BAHÁ’Í (Consent of Parents—duty of Assembly to ascertain validity)
“With reference to the matter of the consent of the parents to a Bahá’í marriage: As this is a vital binding obligation, it is the duty of the Assemblies to ascertain, before giving their sanction, that the consent obtained has been given freely by the parents themselves.”