The Excellency Hussein Ali Nouri has said in the book Aqdas:

“قَد کَتبَ الله علیکمُ النکاح إیّاکم أن تَجاوزوا عَن الإثنتین و الّذی اقتنع بِواحدة مِن الإمآء استرحت نفسه و نفسها و مَن اتَّخذَ بکراً لِخدمَته لابَأسَ علیه”

“God has considered marriage as legitimate for you. Lest you get married with two wives. A person who get married with just one wife, he will relieve both himself and the wife. No problem if a person recruit a virgin girl…[1]”

However; as his successor and interpreter, Abdul Baha has presented various and foreign interpretation contrary to the commandment of the self-proclaimed prophet of Baha’ism.

1)   In one place, Abdul Baha has considered polygamy as allowable: “It is asked about polygamy and it is allowable and isn’t forbidden; but it is legitimate[2]…”

2)   In another place, he has considered polygamy as allowable but he has assumed establishing justice among them as a really difficult task: “… I mean polygamy isn’t allowable without establishing justice and justice is really difficult.[3]”

3)   In another place, he has also announced polygamy as illegitimate contrary to his father’s verbal and practical declaration:

“إعلَمی انّ شریعة الله لا تجوز تعدّد الزّوجات...”

“Know that God’s religious law hasn’t allowed polygamy because regulating justice is impossible[4].”