funny cultural stuff we've heard/seen about.

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when ppl follow culture and not islam but call that cultural practice islam its ok for us to have a laugh and giggle about.

also i think its important that we all inform eachother cultural stuff that we've seen and heard about so we can warn others and make sure we dnt do it out selves. cuz sometimes i see practicing ppl do stuff that is culture rather then islam because theyve never asked about thr history of that practice.

so lets all share these funny culturals things we used to do n believe in.

we were told to fold the corner of our musallahs so the shaitan cudnt pray on it. lol, where did that come from? i say let the shaitan pray, if he wants to repent let him repent, it always makes me laugh wen i go to some ones house n their musallahs are folded up in the corner.

ill try n think of some more n post em wen i remember inshallah but want to hear some of urs.
 
lool, we hav 2 do that.. but i didnt ask why we had 2 do dat? lol

ummm.. cnt fink of ne now.. il let u kno later :p
 
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Don't ever leave the Quran open cuz Shaytan will read it. Why would anybody leave it open anyways though? lol..
 
Assalamu alikum sister,
Followings are the things I am following in Pakistan out of respect which may be hadith or maybe not :
1.when I hear Azan I cover my head
2.when I do wadu in bathroom I cover my head.
They say if you don't cover your head, satan is going to urinate on you.
I want to make sure these are ok to follow or not.
 
While in Malaysia:

1) Dont be in the toilet during azan, as the satans are congregating inside it.

2) When you yawn, cover your mouth or Satan will go inside it.

3) Dont clap your hands... each time you clap 1,000 satans would be born.
 
assalaamu alaykum,

some of the cultural stuff i have heard from fellow reverts have been...

no it is ok to look at a women, just not look lustfully.

it is ok to mix with women, that is just arab / pakistani culture but we are not arabs so we can mix and it is ok because we can control ourselves.

reverts got this jahiliyyah problem as much as everyone else where we mix our culture into islam and think it is all from islam.

assalaamu alaykum,
Abu Abdullah
 
IsaAbdullah said:
I personally try not to laugh at things, just incase I get it wrong at it is from Islam.

But I hope yall have fun.
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I think Br Isa is right, what if we in our ignornace may think something is cultural, but in actual fact it may have some foundation from Qur'an and Sunnah?
 
are we laughing here at ahl-bidah or what im confused. like are we laughing at the things people do, that they think is right islamically.
 
north_malaysian said:
2) When you yawn, cover your mouth or Satan will go inside it.
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Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "Yawning is from Satan and if anyone of you yawns, he should check his yawning as much as possible, for if anyone of you (during the act of yawning) should say: 'Ha', Satan will laugh at him."


Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "Allah likes sneezing and dislikes yawning, so if someone sneezes and then praises Allah, then it is obligatory on every Muslim who heard him, to say: May Allah be merciful to you (Yar-hamuka-l-lah). But as regards yawning, it is from Satan, so one must try one's best to stop it, if one says 'Ha' when yawning, Satan will laugh at him."

source: http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/073.sbt.html

Allah Knows Best!​

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don't forget to pray before each meal, since if you are not, the shaitan would wiped off anything on your plate.
 
maryam11 said:
are we laughing here at ahl-bidah or what im confused. like are we laughing at the things people do, that they think is right islamically.
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:sl: brothers and sistes, my question still stands, whats the point of this thread exactly? !!!
 
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^To make a list of stuff people claim are a part of Islam but actually are just culture.

In my culture they have this thing against leaving shoes upside down, apparently its bad because its pointing to the heavens. :?

Oh and another one- if someone is sick they put a blanket on top of the person and put a peice of lead in to boiling water and it makes this popping sound and apparently its meant to scare away the evil eye! :offended: I hate this one, isnt it shirk to do that?!?! Oh and after they have done it a few times they get the sick person to drink the water...:uuh: Ya Allah can you imagine the possibilty of lead poisoning?!?!:heated:
 
Originally Posted by IsaAbdullah
I personally try not to laugh at things, just incase I get it wrong at it is from Islam.

But I hope yall have fun.
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im talking about the stuff thats obviously from culture.

i think the most funny ones are the ones that take place in weddings, i heard that wen the bride and groom leave the wedding they drive the car backwards and forwards seven times!

another one i actualy seen is the bride comes in with a long piece of material over her head and her friends are all underneath it too. (i dnt think they realised thats what hindus do as they believe it "wards off evil" way to go piece of cloth, u have magical poswers, perhaps itll start flying too)

yea i heard that quran open one, they say the shaitan reads it, i say let the devil read the quran, he probably wants to repent.
 
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What about when people say that you have to shower with clothes on because the jinns can see you? Thats just *ok then*:rollseyes
 
Daffodil said:
im talking about the stuff thats obviously from culture.
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Assalamu Aleykum Wa Rhametulah,

Insha'Allah, I was just putting my input that is all, I hope that everyone here is responsible enough not to just blindly put anything that they find funny thinking it's culture when it might be a part of Islam that is all sister, and I wish not to take any more of the thread up.

I hope everyone is careful, have fun! :)

Assalamu Aleykum. Eesa.
 
cheese said:
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What about when people say that you have to shower with clothes on because the jinns can see you? Thats just *ok then*:rollseyes
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The Malays are pretty strong on this one :rollseyes

You cannot take a shower unless you have like a sarong tied around you ....

Weird no?
 

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