32 Laws of the Bayán reflected in The Kitáb Aqdas
1. 19 day period of Fast at the last month of each year, and Naw-Rúz as the beginning of the year - váhid 8, chapter 18; váhid 5, chapter 3; váhid 6, chapter 14
2. Allah’u’Abha to be said 95 times every day - váhid 5, chapter 17
3. Division of inheritance among 7 classes if no will exists (see Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 43) - váhid 8, chapter 2
4. Necessity to write a will - váhid 5, chapter 13
5. Sites for pilgrimage compose of the House of the Báb and Baha’u’llah in
6. Law of Qiblih (i.e. Point of Adoration) - not contained in the Persian Bayán
7. Determining the amount of dowry - váhid 6, chapter 7
8. Burial law (i.e., body in crystal or wood coffin, ring on right hand, wrapping a shroud of silk or cotton of 5 pieces around the body) - váhid 5, chapter 12
9. Provision for the prayer for the dead - váhid 5, chapter 11
10. Huququ’lláh - váhid 8, chapter 16
11. Meditating and reading the Writings daily - váhid 8, chapter 14
12. Provision against ascending pulpits and exhorting believers to sit on chairs - váhid 7, chapter 11
13. Not carrying a weapon [unless essential] - váhid 7, chapter 6
14. Silk clothes are lawful and use of gold dishes and cups is permissible - váhid 6, chapter 9
15. Repentance of sins to God only - váhid 7, chapter 14
16. Provision exalting work to the level of worship, preventing believers from becoming beggars or contributing to them - not contained in the Persian Bayán
17. One year of patience before divorce - váhid 6, chapter 12
18. Not weighing the Book of God with the standards current amongst men - váhid 2, chapter 1
19. Avoidance of liquor, opium, and mind-altering drugs - váhid 9, chapter 8
20. Not entering others’ houses without permission - váhid 6, chapter 16
21. Showing kindness to animals - váhid 6, chapter 16
22. One mithqal equal to the weight of 19 dried chic peas - váhid 5, chapter 19
23. 19 day feast - not contained in the Persian Bayán
24. Not criticizing others - not contained in the Persian Bayán
25. Provision abrogating Islamic law regarding the uncleanliness of semen - váhid 5, chapter 15
26. Animal hair, sable, and bones do not nullify one’s prayer - váhid 5, chapter 14
27. Provision exhorting believers to mourn in moderation at the passing of a relative - not contained in the Persian Bayán
28. Provision permitting an interest charge on a loan - váhid 5, chapter 18
29. Obligation of marriage - váhid 8, chapter 15
30. Provision concerning cleanliness and encouraging the use of perfume - váhid 8, chapter 6; váhid 6, chapter 2
31. Verses prescribed for missed obligatory prayer - váhid 8, chapter 10
32. Renewing furnishings in one’s home every 19 years [if able] - not contained in the Persian Bayán
Note: Those passages not contained in the Persian Bayán are located in the Arabic Bayán, which to-date has not been translated into English.