CONVERSION IS SIN: Caste Practices among Muslims ?: ...

Caste Practices among Muslims? :

Is a religious requirement labeled as caste?

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Caste is either a group of people having privileges

or discriminated against because of his birth and

inherited for generations. The very reason is the

human ego, greed, and to main status quo of a

group of people over others. No religion endorsed

the caste system, but humans tend to practice it.

Islam does not recognize any caste system

but the Muslims practice it. The best example

is Persia and India, the existing human divisions

in these regions were adopted by the local

Muslims. Even every people on the globe practices

the caste system in different names without acknowledging

it. Muslims practicing caste under the pretext of

religious requirement or it is not caste at all.

Similarly, there is no caste system in Hinduism.

Only the Hindus were openly labeled as practicing

caste. It is the Varna system. According to the varna system,

no one is higher than the other by birth. At atmic
level all are equal in the eye of God. One falls

lower only because of own deed, word, or thought

not in line with Hindu customs. Example, Hinduism

prohibits eating beef, if one eats beef then he /she

falls into the category of pariah/outcaste / (kafir

as per Islamic term).

In fact, the caste system practiced in most societies

of the world including Muslims.

The caste system used later part by the foreign invaders

in India to penetrate into Hinduism. Some people

claim they were high caste, such as Brahmin, they

need that to protect their status quo, actually in the

eyes of God all are the same. So the so proclaimed

high caste came up with their own rules.

Situations of religious requirements versus caste

practiced.

1. Food not consumed.

Hindus (Brahmins) don't eat food cooked by other

groups, reason not clean / not follow (acharam) the
religious rules etc. because the food needs to be acharam,
how to prepare, who to prepare, and what type of food for

a particular occasion. These Brahmins were dealing

with temples and rituals. So, they were very particular

with every inch of the temple and religious order.

Look back at Muslims, they do the same, aren't they?

Muslims don’t eat food prepared by the non-Muslims

in the pretext of halal rules. Some claim it is religious

requirements, not caste. Even some claim they eat

food prepared by anyone if it is halal but if the non

Muslim is considered unclean (Q:9:28) than how it is
possible. Many Muslims don’t eat. If so, is it caste
system? Am I wrong?

In both situations, they were claiming about religious

the requirement, but the Muslim assume that their

eating habit is religious order but the Hindus

(Brahmins) are practicing caste.

2. Not allowed to enter holy places.

In Hinduism, in those times, certain groups of people of

pariah/outcaste / Dalits etc. were not allowed into

temples for reason, they are not Hindus. Since
they were not Hindus, they never practice or follow

any Hindu order. Thus, the prohibition to enter is

maintained until the idea of secular penetrated

our life. Just to remind, if one is Hindu then he or

she can't be a pariah / dalit / outcaste. If one thinks

he or she is a pariah / dalit / outcaste / kafir then he

or she cannot be a Hindu. Even among Hindus, there

are prohibitions to enter temples. 30 days for

birth/death and 3 days for menstruation.

Back to Islam, Islam also practices the same. No non

Muslim is allowed to enter the Masjidil Al Haram (Mekah).

What is the reason? Some claim for security reasons

and there are issues of unclean / cleanliness (Mandi wajib).
Surah At Tawbah Verse 28, "O you who believe! the
idolaters are nothing but unclean, so they shall not
approach the Sacred Mosque after this year..."

Am I right? Is this prohibition is the ritual requirement or

caste? Is it not caste? If this is not caste, then how is
possible to claim Hindus practicing caste?

3.Social strata classifications among Muslim people.

Evidence of social stratification can be found in several

later Persian works, such as Siyasatnama of Nizam

al-Mulk (11th century), Akhlaq-i Nasiri of Nasir al-Din

al-Tusi (13th century), and Jam-i-Mufidi (17th century).

Arabs and non-Arabs (mawali/ clients ,subordinates).

a.Arabs and Ansaris

Original Arabs compared to the direct descendants

of Muhammad. Islam allowed societies to maintain certainly
social status for certain groups of people based on their

lineages and tribes. Thus, for example, persons who

came from certain noble Arabic (prophetic) lineages

kept a special status in terms of them not receiving

charity and perhaps having some special conditions

for accepting marriage proposals, and so on. Recently

some Arabic cleric has openly declared about

Pakistani Muslims as Arabs slaves.

b.Ashrafs and non Ashrafs (India)

Most of India's 140 million Muslims are descended

from local converts. Many of them converted to Islam

to escape the so-called caste oppression. A majority of 75% of the

present Indian Muslim population is called the Dalit

Muslims, according to Ejaz Ali, leader of an

organization representing socially disadvantaged

Muslims.

i.Ashrafs

Ghaus Ansari (1960) named four Muslim castes

in India.

Ziauddin Barani, the 14th-century political thinker of

the Delhi Sultanate recommended that the "sons of

Mohamed" (i.e. Ashrafs) be given a higher social status

than the low-born Ajlafs.

Some Arabs, Iranians, Persians, Turkeys claim they

were noble castes (ashraf / direct descendants of Arabs).

Ashraf, who claim foreign-origin descent from Balochs,

Afghans, Arabs, Persians, and Turks etc.such as-Sayyid,

Mughal, Baloch, Pathan, and Sheikh

ii. Non-Ashrafs, Mawalis or Ajlafs

Non-Arabs descendants. The local Muslims in India

are considered as inferior caste (razil, kamin, ajlaf),

because they are not direct descendants of Arab,

they converted for purpose, ( by the sword in early Islamic

invasion, to escape death or jizyah). This also in Pakistan,

Bangladesh, South East Asia. As in record, Ziauddin al

Barani in Fatawa i Jahandari. Ibn Batuta, saw in the court

of Delhi sultanate, high post for the upper caste of Arabs

descendants only.

iii. Converts from upper castes
e.g. Muslim Rajputs
iv. Converts from other "clean" castes
e.g. Darzi, Dhobi, Dhuniya, Gaddi, Faqir, Hajjam (Nai),

Julaha, Kabaria, Kumhar, Kunjra, Mirasi, Manihar and

Teli
v.Converts from untouchable castes which are considered

clean by Muslims and part of Ummah
e.g. Bhangi. The untouchable Hindu converts are also

categorized as Arzal ("degraded"). They are relegated

to menial professions such as scavenging and carrying

night soil

c. Mualaf (Malaysia), a new convert into the religion.

Why need such a label for another Muslim? In the eye of Allah,

there is no such thing as born Muslim or mualaf. It is the

taqwa to consider the path to Jannah.

4.Marriage among people.

Hindus were blamed for practicing caste during marriages.

Actually, among Indians we are very concerned about jati

(subrace) who have their own method of prayer based

to Kulaacarya (a family tradition), Gotra (Guru sampradaya /

Teacher’s lineage and Desaacharya ( Clan lineage ). Every group

has its own different practice even though they are

under the Hindu umbrella. So, it is important to check in detail

if the two families can get along after marriage. If this is

called caste, then look at Muslims.

a. Kafaa (Equality of status)

Equality of status in marriage practiced by Muslims in India

even today. The high caste will not be marrying low caste

people, example Dr Ambedkar chooses Buddhism instead

of Islam because of kafaa practice among Muslims.

b.Arabs never married outside.

Why the Arab females never married outside of Arabia?

Did any of the Malays in Malaysia marry an Arab? The only

mixed marriage happened at those times, not now. The Sheikhs,

Saids etc.

c. Why there is no marriage take place between a Muslim

from Mazhab Sunnah Waljamaah with a Muslim from

Mazhab Syiah. Both were Muslims as per scriptures

because it never mentioned by the Quran, said by Zakir in

his lecture. For some countries, the different sect / mazhab

declares other mazhab as deviant. This is some local issue,

as per Quran, there is no mazhab

d. Muslims don’t marry kafirs. Muslims don’t marry a non

Muslims (Kafir) because of the impurity of the person in the

eyes of God. Similarly, Hindus don’t marry the outcaste

such as pariah, dalit, or mleccha because they are not

Hindus. Which is called caste here?

5. Arabs control the Kaabah.

Why only the Arabs from Quraisy tribe (servant of Kaabah)
controls the Kaabah? If all Muslims are equal in the eyes of
God, why the non-Arabs are not allowed to hold the duty to
manage the house of God?

6. This Arabic religion divide up people into a category

of human loved by God (believer) and human hated by

God (Kafir), kafir are the worst creature, lowest among

creatures, the God-created kafirs meant to be burnt in

hell and can be killed if necessary.

Conclusion.

Even though religion never prescribed the caste system,

but the human raced practiced it for various purposes.

Neither Hinduism nor Islam endorsed the caste system.

But the human ego and greed cannot reject that.

Hindu religion often labeled as a religion that practices

caste. In fact, HINDUS DON'T PRACTICE CASTE.

Instead, men of all religions and not religious practice

caste in daily life. The words Caste, Jati, and Varna

have been manipulated by groups of religious predators

to increase their religious followers. The term caste
never existed in any of the Hindu Scriptures. In fact, it is a
Latin word used by Portuguese to divide themselves
based on bloodline. The caste terminological has been
misappropriated to manipulate, (for over 2000 years)
to attract and convert people.

Sivasiddhi.

Sivasiddhi Spiritual Foundation

31 August 2019

Reference

1.Sheikh and ansari caste

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/muslims-in-this-

bihar-village-divide-road-on-caste-lines-1405849-2018-12-09

2.Ansari (nesba)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansari_(nesba)

3.Caste ….Muslims

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_system_among_South_

Asian_Muslims