Analects 9:3
The Master said “The linen cap is
prescribed by the rules of propriety, but nowadays they use a silk one. It is
economical, and I will go along with the consensus. Bowing below the hall is
prescribed by the rules of propriety, but that is presumptuous. So even I differ
from the consensus, I will bow below the hall.”
I can interpret this Analects as
following to the tradition is really important despite to what others will say
or to what the modern world is doing because you are not doing the tradition
for the good of the people but for the good of yourself and for the good of the
event, things, or person whom you offer the traditional doings. Following the
old tradition will not make you as a less person but rather it will make you as
a whole person because tradition represents who you are and there will be no
harm in following such tradition. I will give a clear example from what I have understood
from the Analects, in the celebration of the opening or the beginning of the
holy month of Ramadhan, a Muslim is required to take a bath and perform a ablution before praying
for the beginning of Ramadhan and after the sighting of the moon that indicates
the start of the celebration, but in some other Muslim families, their tradition
is to apply a portion of coconut water in taking a bath but this tradition is
not practiced by every Muslim but it is practiced by some Muslim families.
Following this tradition will not make you a less Muslim nor will make you as a
more Muslim but it is a tradition that is followed by some Muslim families, you
should follow it and perform it even it is not common to everyone but because
it is the tradition of your family.
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