12. Hair doth not invalidate your prayer, nor aught from which the spirit hath departed, such as bones and the like. Ye are free to wear the fur of the sable as ye would that of the beaver, the squirrel, and other animals
In some earlier religious Dispensations, the wearing of the hair of certain animals or having certain other objects on one's person was held to invalidate one's prayer. Baha'u'llah here confirms the Bab's pronouncement in the Arabic Bayan that such things do not invalidate one's prayer. (170:3)

13. We have commanded you to pray and fast from the beginning of maturity
Baha'u'llah defines the "age of maturity with respect to religious duties" as "fifteen for both men and women" (Q and A 20). For details of the period of fasting, see note 25. (170:4)

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