s, they are to do so in an attitude of utmost humility and
self-abnegation.

169. Gambling #155

The activities that are included in this prohibition have not been
outlined in the Writings of Baha'u'llah. As both 'Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi
Effendi have indicated, it is left to the Universal House of Justice to
specify the details of this prohibition. In response to questions about
whether lotteries, betting on such things as horse races and football
games, bingo, and the like, are included under the prohibition of
gambling, the Universal House of Justice has indicated that this is a
matter that will be considered in detail in the future. In the meantime,
the Assemblies and individuals are counselled not to make an issue of
these matters and to leave it to the conscience of the individual
believers.

The House of Justice has ruled that it is not appropriate for funds for
the Faith to be raised through lotteries, raffles, and games of chance.

170. the use of opium ... any substance that induceth sluggishness and
torpor #155

This prohibition of the use of opium is reiterated by Baha'u'llah in the
final paragraph of the Kitab-i-Aqdas. In this connection, Shoghi Effendi
stated that one of the requirements for "a chaste and holy life" is "total
abstinence ... from opium, and from similar habit-forming drugs". Heroin,
hashish and other derivatives of cannabis such as marijuana, as well as
hallucinogenic agents such as LSD, peyote and similar substances, are
regarded as falling under this prohibition.

'Abdu'l-Baha has written:

As to opium, it is foul and accursed. God protect us from the
punishment He inflicteth on the user. According to the explicit
Text of the Most Holy Book, it is forbidden, and its use is
utterly condemned. Reason showeth that smoking opium is a kind of
insanity, and experience attesteth that the user is completely cut
off from the human kingdom. May God protect all against the
perpetration of an act so hideous as this, an act which layeth in
ruins the very foundation of what it is to be human, and which
causeth the user to be dispossessed for ever and ever. For opium
fasteneth on the soul so that the user's conscience dieth, his
mind is blotted away, his perceptions are eroded. It turneth the
living into the dead. It quencheth the natural heat. No greater
harm can be conceived than that which opium inflicteth. Fortunate
are