A Wicked tradition
When a woman dies, it is believed and agreed that it is her time to die; the husband will not be accused of having a hand in the death of the woman, the man will not face any problem, he will be comforted, cared for, loved, and greatly helped.
When a man dies, especially if he is less than 55 years of age before his death, the wife is in for a big trouble, she will be accused of killing the husband, while she will be subjected to the custom of the people known as tradition.
In some places the woman will be forcefully willed to the younger brother of the deceased, especially if the man in question is very rich, in order not to allowed the woman to have total control over the man’s investment and properties, this action is taken to allowed the family of the man to have access to the properties and investment, which are supposed to be the inheritance of the man’s children and wife
If the woman refused to be willed to the younger brother of the deceased, she automatically looses the inheritance to the family of the dead.
You know what that means, the woman and the children are deprived of their right and inheritance.
In some other places the hair of the woman is shaved, while she will be kept in a place of isolation for some days.
The most dehumanizing of all is when the water used in bathing the corpse is forcefully given to the woman to drink, to prove her innocence in the death of the man.
Tradition they call it, does it has to be cruel? Does it have to be one sided? Does it have to be the man is always right, why does it favor one gender and not the others?
I wonder what kind of tradition is this. ----- That does not preach harmony, oneness, equality, respect, which are the elements that makes up love.
Why would any one be involved, practice, preach, and encourage a tradition that is devilish and slavery.
Seeing this injustice, I ask my self, why are we not following the law of love instituted by God, that we should love others as we love ourselves.
What should we call these? They called it tradition, but I said NO, because it is not worth emulating, rather I called it a wicked tradition.