Note 35

Note 35

35. Ye have been forbidden to commit murder # 19

The prohibition against taking another's life is repeated by &Baha'u'llah in paragraph 73 of the &Kitab-i-Aqdas. Penalties are prescribed for premeditated murder (see note 86). In the case of manslaughter, it is necessary to pay a specified indemnity to the family of the deceased (see &Kitab-i-Aqdas, # 188).

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