Rich
In the course of one of His talks to His companions ‘Abdu’l-Bahá states that a poor man who is patient and forbearing is better than a rich man who is thankful. However, a poor man who is thankful is more praiseworthy than the one who is patient, while more meritorious than all is the rich man who expends his wealth for others.
- Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh v 2, p. 281
They who are possessed of riches, however, must have the utmost regard for the poor . . . There is no honor, except what God may please to bestow, that can compare to this honor . . . and well is it with the rich who bestow their riches on the needy and prefer them before themselves.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 202
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Jamal 7 Qudrat 182 B.E.
Lechery is clearly forbidden by Bahá’u’lláh (See Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 49) and Shoghi Effendi has stated that a 'chaste and holy life', according to the teachings of the Faith, implies a condemnation of 'all manner' of 'sexual vices'. (See Advent of Divine Justice, p. 25)
From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer – 5 June, 1983