Re: ‘‘Traditions’’
once again i would like to point out joint family system and living with in-laws is undesirable in islam… that is not to say that you should think of your in laws as evil etc just that living in a joint system or with in laws is islamically undesirable (that is not to say its a sin or you’re required not to practice it just that its not desirable) so i dont see how u can say that has nothing to do with islam … i would strongly suggest you read ahadith to find out about the islamic stance on joint families and in laws
and like i said in the other thread i do agree with u that there is no harm in following traditions that r not against islam but again that raises question: do you include traditions that may be islamically undesirable or are we just concerned with those that are blatantly against islam and its ok to follow those that are just islamically undesirable ? and the other question is where to you draw the linewhen following traditions for which you can find neither support nor opposition in islam. how much value should be placed on tradition versus religion?
If we are against all or some traditions because we think that they are against Islam, then we should have gut to completely following Islam with all the strictness. Please refer to post # 39 in which I clarified what I mean.