In all such cases, I believe, our departed Master urged the utmost care and consideration on the part of those Bahá’í believers whose husbands were not in sympathy with their work. He thought that they ought to be won by love perhaps more than argument, but it would be very unfortunate if he objected to her work for the Faith, over and above all that she is to give to her family.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 20 March 1928 written on behalf of
Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; compilation: ‘Family Life’, prepared
by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, March 2008)
