Etiquette - The less known rules....

[Muzna]

Re: Etiquette - The less known rules…

@Sehrysh

^ Never heard of that. That would be akin to the Hindu custom of touching an elder’s feet. I have known of some families to welcome a new bride by having her wet her feet in a bowl/container of water and then the in-laws sprinkle the water around the home. It’s considered “auspicious.” That being said, I’m pretty sure that’s cultural and not religious. The whole touching an elder’s feet would almost be akin to prostrating before a mortal and would be considered shirk, at least in my family.

You’ve never heard of “qadam-bosi”? I’m surprised.
Bet @khattichic would know…apparently it’s not uncommon in the hyderabadi community to touch the elder’s feet.
And this is aside from the “pait main mundi daal” which is lowering of the head to receive the “shafqat ka haat” wala motion…

This used to be a practice in my naniyaal but you were only supposed to touch your own mother’s feet. I do suspect the origins of this tradition are cultural and the justification imposed was that Jannat lies at the feet of the mother. (I only saw it happen at Eid time where the children would touch their mother’s feet, or bend as if to do so, and the mother would raise them up and hug them in response.) I know that when I was about 10 years old, Ammi put an end to the practice.