Patit
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Patit(Punjabi:ਪਤਿਤGurmukhi) is a term which refers to a person who has been initiated into theSikhreligion, but violates the religion's precepts. The term is sometimes translated asapostate.[1]
Description
[edit]Its legal definition as inserted in the SikhGurdwaras Act,1925, through the amending Act XI of 1944::Patit means a person who being aKeshdhariSikh,trims or shaves his beard or keshas or who after taking amrit commits any one or more of the four kurahits.
Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971,contains a similar definition except a reference to keshdhari because unlikeSikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925,it defines onlykeshdhari,and notsahajdhari,as Sikhs. It states:"Patit" means a Sikh who trims or shaves his beard or hair (keshas) or who after taking amrit commits any one or more of the four kurahits.
In theSikh Rehat Maryada,Section Six, it states: The undermentioned four transgressions must be avoided:
- Dishonouring thehair;
- Eating the meat of an animal slaughtered theKuthaway;
- Cohabiting with a person other than one's spouse;
- Using an intoxicant (such as smoking, drinking alcohol, using recreational drugs or tobacco)[2]
These four kurahit causes of apostasy were first listed byGuru Gobind Singh.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Jhutti-Johal, J. (2011).Sikhism Today.Bloomsbury Academic. p. 99.ISBN9781847062727.Retrieved2015-01-12.
- ^"Sikh diet".
- ^Singh, Kharak, ed. (1997).Apostasy among Sikh youth: causes and cures.Institute of Sikh Studies. pp.1-3, 6.ISBN8185815054.