The Ruling on Men Clapping
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on men clapping outside the rows? For example, as some do after hearing something, such as a word or otherwise?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for men to clap. Clapping is for women, not for men. This is from one aspect. The Messenger prescribed it for women and did not prescribe it for men. He prescribed it for women when there is a need, but he did not prescribe it for men. Secondly, this involves imitating the disbelievers, because we only know this clapping from the Westerners. It is one of the customs of the West. When it spread to us, we began to imitate them in that, and that is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This one says that there is a mosque in...
The Shaykh:
the Exalted[Al-Anfal 8:35] meaning the polytheists [Al-Anfal 8:35]. Mukaa' is clapping. And taddiyyah is whistling. They clap and whistle. And now in gatherings, there is clapping and whistling, glory be to Allah. So Satan is eager to trample the practices of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance upon the Muslims. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on men clapping outside the rows? For example, as some do after hearing something, such as a word or otherwise?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible for men to clap. Clapping is for women, not for men. This is from one aspect. The Messenger prescribed it for women and did not prescribe it for men. He prescribed it for women when there is a need, but he did not prescribe it for men. Secondly, this involves imitating the disbelievers, because we only know this clapping from the Westerners. It is one of the customs of the West. When it spread to us, we began to imitate them in that, and that is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This one says that there is a mosque in...
The Shaykh:
the Exalted
And their prayer at the House
وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِندَ الْبَيْتِnot except whistling and handclapping
إِلَّا مُكَاءً وَتَصْدِيَةً
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 28-03-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (44:44)
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