Greeting in Islam (salaam) People when they meet each other they greet in several ways. But among these greetings, Islamic greeting salaam is most acceptable compared to the non Muslims type of greetings. When people meet they used to tell vanakkam, namasthay and etc. When we think about this we can find lot of faults in this type of greetings. Worshiping means praying and giving respect. If a person is worshiping another person, it means the second person is worshiped by the first person. If both persons worship each other it is meaningless. This is senseless act. Between them if one is to respect and other is not, the greeting becomes, pointless. Ideally a greeting should be that a greeting is reciprocated by the other. In the western culture the most common type of greetings is ‘Good Morning’, ‘Good Afternoon’ , ‘Good Evening’ , Good Night’ which at times is not practical. Even though we maintain that every day is a good day we as human beings have our up’s and down’s. For example if there was a calamity in a person’s house by way of a funeral, floods, fire or sudden accident can we greet that person by saying GOOD MORNING or GOOD EVENING etc. Definitely in the worldly context it’s not a good day for him But the Islamic greeting (salaam) Assalamu alaikum means (peace be upon you) suits every occasion. Even, in a wedding house we need peace. Even in a funeral house we need peace. Even a person, who has undergone a loss in his business, needs peace. Even the person, who has gained from his business, needs peace. We can use this Islamic greeting salaam only among everyone at any time in any occasion in our life. Article Copied From: onlinepj , Read more at: onlinepj/books/when-we-meet/ Copyright © onlinepj
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:52:16 +0000
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