The Ruling on Clapping and Its Evidence
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Question:
What is the ruling on clapping? And what is the evidence for its prohibition? May Allah punish you.
Answer:
Clapping is for women, because they do not make a sound in the presence of men. So if the imam makes a mistake and we want to alert him, if he makes an error of forgetfulness and we want to alert him by clapping, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded, the women clap. As for the men, they say "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah). This is from the fact that the Messenger distinguished between men and women, making clapping for the women and making "Subhan Allah" for the men. So if men do not clap in worship to alert the imam, how do they clap outside of worship?
The second aspect is that this is among the characteristics of the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), that they clap and whistle. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Anfal 8:35] The whistling of the "muka" is the small one, and the "tasbih" in it includes clapping. And we do not imitate the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance.
Thirdly, clapping for men involves imitating women, and it involves imitating the disbelievers, both in the past and the present. So men do not clap, and clapping is not befitting for them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he was pleased with something, did not clap, but rather he would say "Allahu Akbar" or "Subhan Allah" when he was pleased with something, or when he disapproved of something, he would say "Allahu Akbar" or "Subhan Allah" (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not clap. And the best isSahih al-Bukhari 7277. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
What is the ruling on clapping? And what is the evidence for its prohibition? May Allah punish you.
Answer:
Clapping is for women, because they do not make a sound in the presence of men. So if the imam makes a mistake and we want to alert him, if he makes an error of forgetfulness and we want to alert him by clapping, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded, the women clap. As for the men, they say "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah). This is from the fact that the Messenger distinguished between men and women, making clapping for the women and making "Subhan Allah" for the men. So if men do not clap in worship to alert the imam, how do they clap outside of worship?
The second aspect is that this is among the characteristics of the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), that they clap and whistle. Allah the Exalted said:
And their prayer at the House was not except whistling
وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِندَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَاءًThirdly, clapping for men involves imitating women, and it involves imitating the disbelievers, both in the past and the present. So men do not clap, and clapping is not befitting for them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he was pleased with something, did not clap, but rather he would say "Allahu Akbar" or "Subhan Allah" when he was pleased with something, or when he disapproved of something, he would say "Allahu Akbar" or "Subhan Allah" (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not clap. And the best is
the best way is the way of Muhammad, and the worst matters are the heresies
الْهَدْىِ هَدْىُ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَشَرَّ الأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
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