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tag name Divorce type: Miscellaneous; Practices

web link bahai-library.com/tags/Divorce
related tags Law, Civil; Marriage
referring tags Marriage, Civil; Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers, Kitáb-i-Aqdas); Year of patience (year of waiting)
Inventory subject Law of divorce
notes

See also:
– Compilation To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages
– Covenant Library Unified Index
– Prayers for marriage on bahai.org/library.

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These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts:

"Should resentment or antipathy arise between husband and wife, he is not to divorce her but to bide in patience throughout the course of one whole year ¶68
Divorce is strongly condemned in the Bahá’í Teachings. If, however, antipathy or resentment develop between the marriage partners, divorce is permissible after the lapse of one full year. During this year of patience, the husband is obliged to provide for the financial support of his wife and children, and the couple is urged to strive to reconcile their differences. Shoghi Effendi affirms that both the husband and wife “have equal right to ask for divorce” whenever either partner “feels it absolutely essential to do so.”
In Questions and Answers, Bahá’u’lláh elaborates a number of issues concerning the year of patience, its observance (Q&A 12), establishing the date of its beginning (Q&A 19 and 40), the conditions for reconciliation (Q&A 38), and the role of witnesses and the Local House of Justice (Q&A 73 and 98). In relation to the witnesses, the Universal House of Justice has clarified that in these days the duties of the witnesses in cases of divorce are performed by the Spiritual Assemblies.
The detailed provisions of the Bahá’í laws on divorce are summarized in the Synopsis and Codification, section IV.C.2.a.–i."

– Kitáb-i-Aqdas, note 100

From the index of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas:
Divorce. See also Marriage; Remarriage

censured, 15, K70, Q98, n100
infidelity, K70
recovery of dowry, Q12, Q47
remarriage, K68, n101-02
separation, K68, K70, Q19, Q98

due to absence of spouse, K67, Q4, n96-97-98-99

year of patience, K69, Q4, Q12, n100

maintenance of wife and children, K70, n100
record of, Q98
and renewal of affection, K68, Q11, Q19, Q38, Q40
witnesses to, Q73, Q98, n100

references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce; bahai9.com/wiki/Divorce; bahaiquotes.com/subject/divorce; bahaiquotes.com/subject/divorce-assemblies; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Divorce

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2023-08. To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . — The cause of unity; creating families that illuminate the world; the ideal milieu for learning the p... Compilations.
2023-06. Báb on the Rights of Women, The. Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam. — Statements of the Bab on issues such as mutʿah and tahlil marriages, polygyny, bridal consent, divo... Articles.
2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025. Writings.
2004. Bahá'í Ethics: Answers to 55 Questions Submitted by Arthur Dobrin. Dianne Bradford, Fiona Missaghian, Udo Schaefer, Robert Stockman, Jonah Winters, comp. . — Answers to questions submitted in preparation for a source book in religious ethics for a college co... Essays.
2000. Guidance for Bahá'í Groups. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. — The purpose, organization, functioning, limitations, privileges and responsibilities of Baha'i group... NSA-documents.
1996. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice, Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. . Books.
1996. Divorce. Moojan Momen. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia.
1994-07-06. New Religious Movements, Tolkien, Marriage. Universal House of Justice. — Various questions: new religious movements; Indian Letter of the Living; J.R.R. Tolkien; eternality... UHJ-letters.
1991. Divorce. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Compilations.
1991. Marriages, Preserving Bahá'í. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. . Compilations.
1988. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. . — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition. Compilations-personal.
1983. Marriage Breakdown in North America: A Psychosocial Perspective. Kerry Mothersill. — What are the effects of marital breakdown, what are its causes, and what can be done to enhance mari... Articles.
1976. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays. Marzieh Gail. — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we... Books.
1956. Notes on Words of the Guardian. Virginia Orbison. — Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage ... Pilgrims.

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1980-01-18 — The publication of the compilation on Divorce by the Universal House of Justice. [MUHJ63-86p404]

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tag name	Divorce	type:	Miscellaneous; Practices
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Divorce
related tags	Law, Civil; Marriage
referring tags	Marriage, Civil; Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers, Kitáb-i-Aqdas); Year of patience (year of waiting)
Inventory subject	Law of divorce
notes	See also: – Compilation To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages – Covenant Library Unified Index – Prayers for marriage on bahai.org/library.
selected quotations (authoritative sources)	These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts: "Should resentment or antipathy arise between husband and wife, he is not to divorce her but to bide in patience throughout the course of one whole year ¶68 Divorce is strongly condemned in the Bahá’í Teachings. If, however, antipathy or resentment develop between the marriage partners, divorce is permissible after the lapse of one full year. During this year of patience, the husband is obliged to provide for the financial support of his wife and children, and the couple is urged to strive to reconcile their differences. Shoghi Effendi affirms that both the husband and wife “have equal right to ask for divorce” whenever either partner “feels it absolutely essential to do so.” In Questions and Answers, Bahá’u’lláh elaborates a number of issues concerning the year of patience, its observance (Q&A 12), establishing the date of its beginning (Q&A 19 and 40), the conditions for reconciliation (Q&A 38), and the role of witnesses and the Local House of Justice (Q&A 73 and 98). In relation to the witnesses, the Universal House of Justice has clarified that in these days the duties of the witnesses in cases of divorce are performed by the Spiritual Assemblies. The detailed provisions of the Bahá’í laws on divorce are summarized in the Synopsis and Codification, section IV.C.2.a.–i." – Kitáb-i-Aqdas, note 100 From the index of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Divorce. See also Marriage; Remarriage censured, 15, K70, Q98, n100 infidelity, K70 recovery of dowry, Q12, Q47 remarriage, K68, n101-02 separation, K68, K70, Q19, Q98 due to absence of spouse, K67, Q4, n96-97-98-99 year of patience, K69, Q4, Q12, n100 maintenance of wife and children, K70, n100 record of, Q98 and renewal of affection, K68, Q11, Q19, Q38, Q40 witnesses to, Q73, Q98, n100
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce; bahai9.com/wiki/Divorce; bahaiquotes.com/subject/divorce; bahaiquotes.com/subject/divorce-assemblies; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Divorce