Bahá’í Quotes

Hugging

The pilgrim’s note reports the Master as saying: ‘Women and men must not embrace each other when not married, or not about to be married. They must not kiss each other… If they wish to greet each other, or comfort each other, they may take each other by the hand.

- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 440-441

Quote of the Day

Istiqlal 5 Qudrat 182 B.E.

As to the punishments for such acts as rape, these will be determined in the future by the Universal House of Justice.

From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer – 8 June 1982