Aashirwad Or Blessing In Indian Culture
Forgot to say Salam btw. Issues are 1-People want to respect there parents and show them love 2-Some people love their culture so they dont want to leave it 3-wanting to be considerate to people eg:if the way they greet their custom; is to slightly bow,so not bowing could be seen as disrespectful 1-2-3 Conflicts with 4-I dont want to respect any one as much as I respect Allah, it seems the most unfair thing to do. I mean putting someone on pedastal and equating them with God. 5-Dont want to defy rulings of Islam Q1)It appears Salafi Arabs in general, they consider standing up for people as shirk…or shirkiyya(yanee near shirk) and they dislike doing it. I’ve read this as well https://islamqa.info/en/answers/34497/ruling-on-standing-up-for-who-comes-in-and-kissing-him But I found this https://www.abuaminaelias.com/dailyhadithonline/2018/06/28/prophet-love-honor-fatimah/ https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:3872 and this https://www.abuaminaelias.com/dailyhadithonline/2011/03/30/prophet-stands-funeral-yahud/ https://sunnah.com/bukhari:1312 It appears prophet disliked for people to honor him and give him excessive respect but he himself might have stoodup for others. So how do you see standing up for people etc, am I right in your opinion (in the light of sources of course) Q2)Hope you can address issue of slightly bowing or moving head down but not prostrating. How do you see it, would deen like it if we respect elders like this or do a slight bow(for elders or if one meets people who bow to greet lets say a japanese) or is it at least allowed? (a)Salafi islamqainfo https://islamqa.info/en/answers/229780/does-prostrating-or-bowing-by-way-of-greeting-come-under-the-heading-of-shirk doesnt see it as disbelief but as sin. However the evidence he presents is about people prostrating prophet. The prophet being a humble person, and as I understand silk and gold are disliked so obviously it would have been seen as arrogance if prophet allowed people to prostrate or bow down to him. He claims that this bowing was allowed until hazrat eesa then forbidden.(he refers to ibn kathir tafsir to make that point) (b)Here is link how DrKhalid describes interaction of hazrat yusuf (king or prime minister of Egypt) vs his parents including the word Sajdah. video from 15:40 to 20:58 https://youtu.be/a2S0C7I75jI?list=PL31OtbFigw0ndiLPa5msQyfPTO_S3tQ1W&t=940 How do you see the bowing in light of the verse. I saw a clip of drshehzad saleem’s clip on times when prayers are forbidden. It seems that as a sadde zariya, so that muslims of later generations with passage of time dont distort religion and start worshipping sun; we are told not to do sajdah in those times. So could bowing being haram be a saddee zariya of this type, given that ghamidi sahab believe in different shariat for different prophets so this could be a scenario? —————————————————————————————————————————————————————– I would like to hear how ghamidi sahab sees all that I mentioned…but not feeling comfortable to speak live. If anyone else feels like doing a favour and is willing to narrate my thoughts that I mentioned in this reply, I would be grateful.