There is ... divine wisdom in a gradual, rather than
immediate, application of all the laws. The fact that a number of these laws
are not yet binding has to do with the state of society and of the Bahá'í
community. While certain laws of conscience, such as the repetition of the
Greatest Name 95 times daily, may not yet have been specified by the House of
Justice as applicable in the West, individuals are free to practice them if they
wish; however, no issue should be made of such matters.
(From a letter dated 7
October 1993 written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an
individual believer; included in a memorandum from the Research department of
the Universal House of Justice, dated 2 January 1998)
