ملامح من عادات و تقاليد العرب قبل الإسلام

Abstract EN

Each of the ancient nations has its own particularity and distinctive character from other nations.

This peculiarity emerging from the ancient cultural heritage that might our nation share with other nations, or it might differ from it.

From this, we notice that the Arabs have retained many old habits and traditions Which they inherited from their predecessors since the era of the Prophet Ismail Ibn Ibrahim until they established throughout the generations till Islam emerged, some of that traditions were admitted and allowed to continue, and even made some of that mores “Sunna” of its enactments, because its from creative human habits, such as hospitality ,self-sacrifice, protection of refugees, neighbor care, wear a ring of Precious stones, cleaning teeth with (Swak), Male circumcision, Offering animals as sacrifice, hair shaving, the purification, ritual ablution from impurity and menstruation, and the prohibition of marriage from first degree relatives , divorce of women three times until she get separating from her husband.

Arabs were blessed on Friday and glorified it from all other days, and showed prestige and reverence to Makkah and Give gifts and vows.

They continued the reconstruction of The Kaaba and cover it with the best types of covers, and adhered to the sanctity of the sacred months, and waited for the dates of the Crescent to hold the rituals of Hajj and Umrah, They sanctified the black stone and they blessed with drinking Zamzam water, and circling around the Kaaba seven times during the Hajj, and they sacrificed the sacrifices.

They worked on feeding the pilgrims and get drinking water for them and building the Kaaba.

They took care of the sanctity of the dead.

The washed, shroud the dead.

They dug the grave and they prayed for the dead according to ritual similar to the Islamic religion