Does clapping and whistling to encourage students fall under the prohibition of clapping and whistling?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Does clapping and whistling to encourage students fall under the prohibition of clapping and whistling?
Answer:
Yes, it does, and it is an act of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah).[Al-Anfal 8:35] Clapping is forbidden for men for two reasons. First, it involves imitating the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and we have been forbidden from imitating them. Second, it involves imitating women, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) designated clapping for women. Thus, it is imitating the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance and imitating women.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Does clapping and whistling to encourage students fall under the prohibition of clapping and whistling?
Answer:
Yes, it does, and it is an act of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah).
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»، [778 -858] هل التصفيق والتصفير لتشجيع الطلاب يدخل في المكاء والتصدية؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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