Editing Baháʼí Faith (section)

=== Prohibitions ===
[[File:Bahá'í gardens by David Shankbone.jpg|alt=Elaborate gardens with several gates and a walkway leading to a domed building in the distance|thumb|The [[Terraces (Baháʼí)|Baháʼí gardens]] in [[Haifa|Haifa, Israel]]]]
The following are a few acts of personal conduct that are prohibited or discouraged by Baháʼu'lláh's teachings:
* [[Backbiting]] and gossiping are prohibited and denounced.{{sfn|Schaefer|2002|pp=330–332}}
* Drinking and selling [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] are forbidden.{{sfn|Schaefer|2002|p=323}}
* [[Sexual intercourse]] is permitted only between a husband and a wife, and as a result, premarital, extramarital, and homosexual intercourse are all forbidden.{{sfn|Schaefer|2002|p=326}} ''(See also [[Homosexuality and the Baháʼí Faith]])''
* Participation in [[Partisan (political)|partisan]] politics is forbidden.{{sfn|McMullen|2015|pp=69, 136, 149, 253–254, 269}}
* Begging is forbidden as a profession.{{sfn|Smith|2008|pp=154–155}}

The observance of personal laws, such as prayer or fasting, is the sole responsibility of the individual.{{sfn|Schaefer|2002|p=339}} There are, however, occasions when a Baháʼí might be administratively expelled from the community for a public disregard of the laws, or gross immorality. Such expulsions are administered by the National Spiritual Assembly and do not involve shunning.{{sfn|Schaefer|2002|p=348–349}}

While some of the laws in the ''Kitáb-i-Aqdas'' are applicable at the present time, other laws are dependent upon the existence of a predominantly Baháʼí society, such as the punishments for arson and murder.{{sfn|Schaefer|2002|pp=321–323}} The laws, when not in direct conflict with the civil laws of the country of residence, are binding on every Baháʼí.{{sfn|Smith|2008|p=158}}{{sfn|Schaefer|2002|pp=312,315}}