The Ruling on Whistling and Clapping When Calling Out
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on whistling when there is a need to call out, if the person is far away?
The Shaykh:
Clapping.
The questioner:
Whistling is forbidden.
The Shaykh:
Clapping is for women, as for men, they do not clap.
The questioner:
The whistling, O Shaykh. The whistling.
The Shaykh:
Whistling, yes, whistling is a form of calling out, this is not permissible, it is from the actions of the polytheists, yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Clapping and not whistling,[Al-Anfal 8:35] so the clapping and the calling out is the whistling and the clapping, yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on whistling when there is a need to call out, if the person is far away?
The Shaykh:
Clapping.
The questioner:
Whistling is forbidden.
The Shaykh:
Clapping is for women, as for men, they do not clap.
The questioner:
The whistling, O Shaykh. The whistling.
The Shaykh:
Whistling, yes, whistling is a form of calling out, this is not permissible, it is from the actions of the polytheists, yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Clapping and not whistling,
And their prayer at the House was not except whistling and handclapping
وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِندَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَاءً وَتَصْدِيَةً
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 25 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/علاج القلب/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:11:31)
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