What is the ruling on the prostration of greeting for elders, leaders, and others?
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Question:
Regarding the prostration of greeting, he asks: Is it permissible to do what some people do, such as bowing to elders, leaders, and others?
Answer:
This was abrogated. The prostration of greeting was permissible before Islam in previous nations, such as the prostration of Yusuf’s brothers and his parents to him[Yusuf 12:100]. This is a prostration of greeting, like the prostration of the angels to Adam; it is not a prostration of worship. Now, this has been abrogated. It is not permissible to bow, nor is it permissible to prostrate. Yes.
Regarding the prostration of greeting, he asks: Is it permissible to do what some people do, such as bowing to elders, leaders, and others?
Answer:
This was abrogated. The prostration of greeting was permissible before Islam in previous nations, such as the prostration of Yusuf’s brothers and his parents to him
And he raised his parents upon the throne, and they bowed to him in prostration.
وَرَفَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ وَخَرُّوا لَهُ سُجَّدًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم سجود التحية للكبار والرؤساء وغير ذلك؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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