Salamun alaikum
4:119
"I will mislead them, and I will create in them false desires; I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature created by God." Whoever, forsaking God, takes Satan for a friend, has of a surety suffered a loss that is
manifest.
25:44
"Or do you think that most of them listen or use their intellect . They are only like cattle, nay, they are more astray from the way.
Can it be interpreted that word cattle used in 4:119 is actually referring to people who follow their traditions blindly and give those traditions extra importance in their life without using their reason ?
I have seen some male muslims who believe that some scholar will protect them on the day of judgement and then they become their 'Mureed' , after that they get their ear pierced and start wearing a ring in one ear.
And there are other example too from among muslims and non muslims here where piercing ears is given too much importance , not piercing of ear becomes a Taboo.