PROPER GREETINGS IN ISLAM (PART II) (original) (raw)
Journal of Islamic and Social Studies, 2024
This paper delves into the discourse surrounding traditional Islamic greetings, specifically focusing on the viewpoints of Salafi scholars regarding the practices of kneeling and bending as manners of greeting in Islam. Drawing upon a comprehensive review of primary sources, classical texts, and contemporary scholarly works, this study critically examines the arguments and interpretations presented by Salafiyyah scholars. It investigates the theological, cultural, and historical contexts shaping their perspectives on the appropriateness and religious significance of these greetings. Furthermore, the paper explores the implications of these viewpoints within the broader Islamic community and discusses potential avenues for inter-sectarian dialogue and understanding. By engaging with diverse scholarly viewpoints and contextualizing them within broader Islamic teachings, this analysis contributes to a nuanced understanding of greeting etiquettes in Islam and facilitates constructive discourse within the global Muslim community.
IIUM JOURNAL OF HUMAN SCIENCES, 2023
Bending, bowing, and kneeling are popular greetings across various tribes and societies, especially in Nigeria. The admissibility or otherwise of these manners has attracted the attention of Salafiyyah scholars in Islam. Relying on different sources, both from the Qur'ān and aḥādith, the past and present scholars in the Salafiyyah bloc have declared these manners as forbidden in Islam, which may even constitute Shirk (associating partners with Allah). The objective of this paper is to examine various pieces of evidence that are relied upon by these scholars for making such declarations, having realized that the issues of kneeling or bending, among others, are not expressly declared as such in either of the two primary sources of Islamic legislation compared to other acts that constitute ḥarām or Shirk. The exegetical and analytical methods of research were adopted in this paper. The two methods enable the assessment of relevant verses of the Qur'an and aḥādith of the Prophet in the light of classical Mufassirūn's submissions on those verses and renditions of scholars like Al-Bani on most cited aḥādīth on the issue of bending as a manner of greeting in Islam. After a critical examination, the finding revealed that most verses are grossly misconstrued; the most relied upon ḥadīth is weak, while the supporting ones are unfounded. It is also discovered that there are a lot of misconceptions, misunderstandings, and overgeneralizations in the Salafiyyah scholars' submissions as regards the issues of bending and other manners of greeting. This paper, therefore, concluded that there is no substantive basis for a declaration of kneeling and bending while greeting as either ḥarām or Shirk due to the absence of express provision from the Qur'ān and ḥadith
The Islamic Perspective of Interpersonal Communication
Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture, 2016
Communication is the core element to humanity which cannot survive without a healthy communication channels. Islam is a communication based religion, then like any religion, is facing many challenges to evolve and adjust to modernity and in particular to the economic and cultural power of a dominant West. On the other hand, there is a growing interest in Islam and the followers' numbers have been increased everywhere. The objective of this chapter is to disseminate the idea that Islam is a communicative religion, and Allah is communicative God who takes keen interest in the affairs of His creatures. In addition, to inform and develop awareness of Western scholars and even public about the principles, rules and regulations of communication among human being as it was mentioned in Holy Qur'an and Sunnah of prophet Mohammed (PBUO. Therefore, this chapter presents first, the origin of language in Islam and the theoretical perspective of communication model and theory in early and current Islamic arena. Second, the Holy Qur'an as a communication miracle and Prophet Mohammed's (PBUH) styles and principles that guide Muslims' moral and ethical communication behaviors with all humans regardless their race, color and religion. Third, the levels of Islamic communication and social relationship moreover, the relationship between culture and Islamic communication pattern, and how the Muslim family communicates with their children. Finally, in a modern globalized world, what issues are confronting Muslims in the current era? In addition, what is the impact of the communication technologies in the Islamic renaissance? It is concluded that, the ability to communicate effectively is necessary to carry out thoughts and visions to people. Moreover, the Islamic culture is further affected by globalization and communication technology despite the both negative and positive effect, Islam is not against the globalization or the anti-globalization phenomenon of interpersonal communication.
Understanding the Islamic Perspective of Interpersonal Communication
Communication is the core element to humanity which cannot survive without a healthy communication linkage. It requires deliberate or accidental methods of communication through symbolic means in order to establish relations with others humans of a society. Interpersonal communication is the way we share our conversation and attribute its meaning with others at micro and macro-level of communication process. This paper seeks to propagate the idea that Islam is a communicative religion. Allah is communicative God Who takes keen interest in the affairs of His creatures. Interpersonal communication, human interaction and societal relationships in Islam are two way processes of sharing ideas and concerns in open and free environments of devotion. The paper examines interpersonal communication from an Islamic perspective and explains how Islam deals with communication process. The paper concludes that society has a duty to enhance unity and development of the society through interpersonal communication and social relationship.
Introducing speech politeness in the Islamic da'wah
This paper is aimed at describing the importance of speech politeness in the Islamic da'wah. It is known that polite language uttered by a da'i (the one does the da'wah) would harmonize people and establish harmony amongst religious communities. The inevitability of pluralism in Indonesia and Qur'anic argument which states that Islam is a mercy for all the creatures promote the need to build a more polite, friendly and peaceful strategy of da'wah. Politeness strategy applied in a da'wah speech may lead to building a character of a wise, polite and smart nation and may help preserve Indonesia's diversity by keeping social and cultural conflict at bay.
Greetings: Their Genesis and Cultural Significance in a Civilised Society
International Journal of Indian Psychology, 2017
Social interaction forms the unit of social analysis since the turn of sociological analysis from positivism to interpretive sociology. Most interactions begin with a light form called greetings. While there are more serious interactions that take into account the questions of one’s social and historical position in society, greetings are rather less immersed in such considerations. That does not mean that greetings do not involve elements of hierarchy and other cultural norms. The whole idea of manners within civilisation as expounded by Norbert Elias seems to be coded around norms of interaction based on the particular position one holds within the cultural setting. Styles of greetings not just depend on social status; in fact they are also determined by the time of the day and occasion. Thus this paper is an attempt to scrutinise various nuances of greetings in human civilisation.
Greetings and Partings in Iraqi and Jordanian Arabic: With Special Reference to English
Iraqi and Jordanian Arabic greetings and partings are more elaborate than those of English, but length is not necessarily to be equated with how much ‘marked’ an utterance can be. Conversationally, marked Gs and Ps as well as their responses, whether verbal and/or non-verbal, i.e. those which involve hand-shaking or waving, kissing and/or hugging, etc. are more varied in number and structure and are, above all, less predictable. So due to this complexity, their markedness should be determined in the light of a set of features of which ‘length’ and ‘frequency’ are but two.
Politeness Strategies in Arabic Culture with Reference to Eulogy
The present paper discusses an important subject in pragmatics: politeness strategies with reference to Arabic. At the beginning, it sheds the light upon some basic cultural facts which are necessary for everyday social interaction. Arab people have a set of verbal and non-verbal actions which should be respected by native citizens and foreigners as well. If a person violates these norms, this will lead to unsuccessful communication. These involve polite behavior towards adults, women, neighbours and strangers. The second part of the paper concentrates on one literary genre in Arabic i.e. 'praise'. Arab Poets pay great attention to praise because of the reward they get from kings and leaders. The study focuses on the impact of praise to maintain politeness in social communication. It concludes that Arab poets use images from their culture such as courage, generosity and nature to describe their kings. They resort to positive politeness through making reference to the superiority and high prestige of kings.
Use of Honorific in Islamic Boarding Schools as a Form of Maintaining a Culture of Courtesy
International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention
Usage honorifics are one aspect of politeness that must be adhered to in communicating at the NQ Islamic Boarding Schools so that the relationship between members of the Islamic Boarding Schools community remains harmonious. This study aims to describe the forms of honorifics used in Islamic boarding schools NQ and the factors behind their use. To achieve this goal, a qualitative approach is used. Data were collected by participating, listening, and speaking observation methods with recording and note-taking techniques. The data were analyzed using socio pragmatics theory. The research found that the honorific types used were greeting words, speech level, and phatic markers. The greeting words used include kinship greetings, second personal pronoun greetings, title greetings, and professional or position greetings. The Madurese speech level (BM) used in the NQ Islamic Boarding School community is the speech level of enje'-iye (E-I), ngghi-enten (E-E), and ngghi-bhunten (E-E: ord...