The military salute and gesturing with the hand

The questioner:
What is your opinion on what is known as the military salute, and does it reach the level of shirk (associating partners with Allah)?

The Shaykh:
What is the military greeting? I do not know what the questioner specified?

The questioner:
A shock, O Shaykh, to the life of the highest-ranking official.

The Shaykh:
A required greeting.

The questioner:
Pointing with the hand.

The Shaykh:
The gesture itself contains no prohibition. Peace, there is no legislator. Merely gesturing with the hand is permissible; what is forbidden is bowing and submission. Bowing is what is forbidden. As for merely pointing with one’s hand, a Muslim sometimes points if he does not hear the salam because of distance or noise. It is recommended that he point with his hand, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sometimes pointed with his hand while giving the salam. However, he does not suffice with the gesture alone; rather, he says the words of the salam along with it. He does not suffice with the gesture alone; rather, he says the words of the salam. In any case, the mere gesture is a matter of ease. Gesturing with the hand, take away the tomato. He does not say “As-salamu alaykum” and then not say it? Who is it that prevents him from giving the salam?

The questioner:
Yes, they are forbidden from saying “As-salamu alaykum.”

The Shaykh:
Fine, he gestures like this and says “As-salamu alaykum.” Is he forbidden from saying “As-salamu alaykum”? Is he forbidden from saying the salam? He says the salam in order to fulfill the Sunnah. He says the salam verbally. He speaks it and gestures with his hand. There is no issue, there is no issue.

The questioner:
This greeting, if he did not greet him, if he sufficed with the salam and did not greet him with the hand, the method known and considered by them in the greetings, he said: You do not greet me, you greet these messengers.

The Shaykh:
I did not say that it is limited to the salam only. He gives the salam and raises his hand; that does not contradict.

The questioner:
This written greeting is for the rank.

Another questioner:
And he emphasized it, Shaykh, meaning one might be punished for the movement.

The questioner:
He says: It is the messengers. If you do not respect me, respect the messengers. This is the intent behind this reality.

The Shaykh:
By Allah, this issue requires study and detail. I see that the question should be written and submitted to the Ifta authority to be studied, if Allah wills, and the situation in it will be seen. Yes.