What all elements did both Kabir and Guru Nanak reject in common religion?
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In simple words Sikhism is not a combination of Islam and Hinduism.
Let’s set the record straight, Sikhism has grown out of Hinduism and it’s roots are deeply embedded in Indian spiritual traditions of which even Buddhism and Jainism are an important part. Today we Sikhs have a separate identity and Sikhism is a separate religion but denying the roots and similarity will be unpardonable as it will amount to great distortion of the facts. That is true Sikhism rejects idol worshipping that makes many people think of this phenomena as something like influenced by Islam which is not, same goes for casteism.
Apart from the concept of monotheism of Islam. The only influence of Muslim tradition on Sikhism has been of some of the Sufis and their teachings particularly the musical aspect and their expression of yearning for beloved God which is actually despised by mainstream puritanical ones. In this pretext let’s throw light on some of the basic things that Sikhism rejects but Islam accepts and vice versa.
Sikhism totally Rejects:
The theory of Abrahamic creation (accepted by Islam also) through Adam and hawwa (eve) and the lineage of 124k nabis
That Prophet Muhhammed was the last and final one, it rather gives credibility to the view found in Bhagavad Gita that whenever sins increases on earth God incarnates
The concept of eternal heaven and hell where the soul resides forever after death, Sikhism’s afterdeath concepts finds expressions through the theory of karma and reincarnation again resonating with Indian Spiritual traditions
That Quran is the last and the final word of god, a part of the very basic belief of Islamic tradition
The practice of circumcision and burying the dead. Must be noted that in India Sikhs use the same crematiom ground used by Hindus.
The practice of Eating and consuming halal meat, Sikhs are strictly prohibited to consume halaal meat and some (Amritdhaari) Sikhs are so strict that they turn vegetarians as in our daily lives in branded eating joints, restaurants it becomes difficult to determine if the meat is halaal or not, so better to be vegatarian. Apart from this Vegatrianism in general is also encouraged in Sikhs.
Sikhism accepts:-
The use of the Music while Singing the praises of God, Guru Granth Sahib is the only Holy book in the world which is arranged in Ragas (Musical Nodes) many of them being a part of Hindustani Classical Music, used in many Hindu Sects like Raag Ramkali, Bhairavi. This practice is prohibited by Islam, only Sufis do it for which they even risk their lives inviting the ire of puritanical ones but singing is a part of mainstream Hinduism where kirtans are done day and night in praise of lord and deity.
Everyone to come and even pray and praticipate inside a Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) and never prohibits the entry of Non-Sikh. In Mosques non-muslims aren’t permitted to enter or worship.
The theory of liberation from repeated rounds of births and deaths, a concept which is familier and part-parcel of Indian spiritual traditions but alien in Abrahamic lineage of faiths.
The three Gunas (Raj, Sat, Tam) impotant philosophical principle of Hindu Darshans that plays essential role in Sikhism as one finds repeated mention of it in Guru Granth Sahib while in Islam there is none.
The talk and the discussion which we find in Sikhism of Islamic principles were largely due to the fact that the time when Sikh Gurus walked this Earth North-Western India and sepcially Punjab was ruled by Muslim rulers and large no. of people were Muslim converts, the Muslim overtones to Sikhism in some ways are a result of that dialogue that happened between Sikh Gurus and their contemporary Muslim counterparts specially Sufis but in it’s true spirit Sikhism is an integral part of Indian Spiritual Tradition far from Abrahamic tradition.
If we read about Hinduism it mainly gets divided into two halves one is Karam-Kaand (Ritual part) and another is Gyan-Kaand (Philosophical part). Sikh Gurus rejected ritual aspect while embracing Philosophical part.
Other than from the concept of monoteism and verses of Sufi saint Sheikh Farid (whose way even many extremist Islamists will contest) there isn’t anything Islamic about Sikhism , either philosophical or any other. Rather Guru Gobind Singh ji in his autobiography (Bachitar Natak) traces his family lineage to Lord Ram and his sons Luv and Kush.
In conclusion it will be wrong to say that Sikhs are Hindus but Sikhs and Sikhism is closer to Hinduism that can’t be denied. So if you ask if Sikhism is a combination of Islam and Hinduism that won’t be justified because for a combination their needs to be substantial amount of quantity of that substance and in this case Islam, but there aren’t anything similar apart from just one basic thing that is there is one God even here the expression in Sikhism is more closer to the Sargun Nirgun Brahman aspect of Upanishads
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1. no caste system
2.there is only one god