The Ruling on Clapping for Men
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The question is not about Hajj; but rather, we want to verify a statement attributed to you, which is: that you say clapping is permissible. Is this correct?One of the young men told me that you said: There is nothing wrong with it!
Yes! We said: There is nothing wrong with the permissibility of clapping if it is intended to encourage someone who gave a correct answer, or something similar; because there is no evidence for its prohibition,And as for His saying (the Exalted): [Al-Anfal: 35] These people intend by clapping to worship Allah, and this is not worship,And as for the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): (If something happens to you in your prayer, let the men make dhikr and the women clap) He restricted it to prayer, as in Sahih Muslim. Then, the wisdom is known: if something happens to the imam in his prayer, the woman does not speak; because her speech may arouse the desire of some of the worshippers, so she is ordered to clap.
And we do not like it, but we do not forbid it,And we do not say: This is forbidden and imitating the disbelievers. In these matters, a person should be precise in the affair.
Yes! We said: There is nothing wrong with the permissibility of clapping if it is intended to encourage someone who gave a correct answer, or something similar; because there is no evidence for its prohibition,And as for His saying (the Exalted):
And their prayer at the House was not except whistling and handclapping
وَمَا كَانَ صَلاتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَاءً وَتَصْدِيَةًAnd we do not like it, but we do not forbid it,And we do not say: This is forbidden and imitating the disbelievers. In these matters, a person should be precise in the affair.