What is the ruling on bending or bowing to other than Allah?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: If the humility that constitutes worship is accompanied by love, is it permissible to bend to those who are honored without loving them?
Answer:
This bending is permissible, but this bowing is not permissible. Bowing is not permissible except to Allah, and worship is not for anyone but Allah. It is not permissible to bow to a creation or to prostrate to a creation. This is for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
He says: If the humility that constitutes worship is accompanied by love, is it permissible to bend to those who are honored without loving them?
Answer:
This bending is permissible, but this bowing is not permissible. Bowing is not permissible except to Allah, and worship is not for anyone but Allah. It is not permissible to bow to a creation or to prostrate to a creation. This is for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الانحناء الركوع لغير الله؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.