| ←Endowments, Local and National | Lights of Guidance , compiled by Helen Hornby XVI. THE FAMILY |
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A. Family Relationships
- 729. Family Ties
- 730. The Family: A Special Kind of Community—Each Member Has Rights and Responsibilities
- 731. The Family Progresses When There is Unity
- 732. Bahá’u’lláh Provides Way to Remove Hostility and Dissension from the World
- 733. It is Important For Man to Raise a Family
- 734. Keys to Strengthening of Family
- 735. Mother-in-Law Problem
- 736. A Truly Bahá’í Home—A Fortress Upon Which the Cause can Rely
- 737. The Home is an Institution Bahá’u’lláh Has Come to Strengthen and Not to Weaken
- 738. Preserve Bahá’í Families: Harmony, Unity and Love Highest Ideals in Human Relationships
- 739. Rights and Prerogatives of Each Member of the Family
- 740. Violence in the Home
- 741. Love can Change Vile, Mean Person into Heavenly Soul
- 742. Believer Must be Patient with Non-Bahá’í Spouse, Attract with Loving Kindness, Wisdom, Tact
- 743. Teaching Relatives
- 744. Earn Right to Plead on Behalf of Family
- 745. One Should not be Deceptive with Non-Bahá’í Spouse or Parents
- 746. Duty of Believer to Endeavour to Lead Family to the Faith
- 747. If Family Members Are Hostile, Avoid Antagonizing them, Leave Them to Themselves
B. The Relationship Between Husband and Wife
- 748. Keys to Strengthening of Family
- 749. Honour and Privilege Ordained for Women: Obedience to Husbands
- 750. Domination by Husband or Wife not Right
- 751. Time When Wife Should Defer to Husband and Time When Husband Should Defer to Wife
- 752. In Tablet of the World Women and Men Envisaged as Breadwinners
- 753. Love Between Husband and Wife
- 754. The Institution of Marriage
- 755. Husband and Wife as a Single Soul
- 756. Wife Should Treat Husband with Kindness
- 757. Tolerate Cruel Actions, Ill Treatment, Demonstrate Loving Kindness
- 758. Pray to Bahá’u’lláh for Help, Think of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as Perfect Example
- 759. Bahá’ís should Make Almost a Superhuman Effort to Avoid Divorce
C. Ancestors and Descendants
- 760. Faith of Believer Attracts God's Mercy to Souls of Parents
- 761. True Believer in Better Position to Intercede for Ancestors
D. The Relationship Between Parents and Children
- 762. The Most Important of All Duties After the Recognition of God—Due Regard for Rights of Parents
- 763. If Children Do Not Obey Parents—They Will Not Obey God
- 764. The Son Must Serve His Father
- 765. Consultation Between Father and Son
- 766. Father Must Give Son Advice—Son Must Obey Father
- 767. Parents Must be Respected—Should not Keep Child Back From Serving the Cause
- 768. If One Must Make Choice Between Service to Bahá’u’lláh or Service to Parents
- 769. It is a Privilege to Look After Parents
- 770. Pray for Parents
- 771. Father Who Fails to Educate His Children Forfeits Rights of Fatherhood
- 772. Mothers are not Necessarily Confined to the Home
- 773. Underage Child Needs Parental Consent to Pioneer
- 774. Parents and Children in the Pioneering Field
