Motif
Protected threshold and household privacy
protected_threshold_and_household_privacy
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Apotropaic Protection and Sympathetic Magic. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) ENTITLED, THE TRUE BELIEVERS; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 26408-26496 confidence: medium
Believers are told not to enter others’ houses until they ask leave and salute the family; if no one is present they must wait for permission, and if told to return they must return. Uninhabited public-type houses are excepted.
The passage regulates entry into houses through permission, salutation, and withdrawal when admission is refused.
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