The answer to the statement of those who permit clapping for other than worship
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some of them say that Allah the Exalted condemned clapping when it is intended as an act of worship, but He did not condemn it when it is not for worship. He asks: What is the answer to their statement?
Answer:
If this is an action of the disbelievers and imitating the disbelievers, it is not permissible. Imitating the disbelievers is not permissible. The disbelievers clap and whistle, so it is not permissible to imitate them, due to the generality of the rule: whoever imitates a people is one of them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some of them say that Allah the Exalted condemned clapping when it is intended as an act of worship, but He did not condemn it when it is not for worship. He asks: What is the answer to their statement?
Answer:
If this is an action of the disbelievers and imitating the disbelievers, it is not permissible. Imitating the disbelievers is not permissible. The disbelievers clap and whistle, so it is not permissible to imitate them, due to the generality of the rule: whoever imitates a people is one of them. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب البكاء في الصلاة من خشية الله - تعالى - — islamhouse.com (1:03:59)
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