Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Question: Concerning the verse: "he who would take into his service a maid may do so with propriety."

Answer: This is solely for service such as is performed by any other class of servants, be they young or old, in exchange for wages; such a maiden is free to choose a husband at whatever time she pleaseth, for it is forbidden either that women should be purchased, or that a man should have more wives than two.