What is the ruling on striking the hand drum, the palm, and the stick, and what is the validity of the fatwa of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah regarding it, that it is forbidden?
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The questioner: In this matter, O Shaykh, it is mentioned in the fatwas of Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: "It is forbidden for a man to strike the hand drum."
The Shaykh: It is forbidden for a man to do what?
The questioner: "It is forbidden for a man to strike the hand drum, the palm, and the stick." So where is the evidence for this matter, may Allah reward you?
The Shaykh: They are three things. The first one?
The questioner: Striking the hand drum.
The Shaykh: Okay, does this need evidence?
The questioner: And the palm?
The Shaykh: Does it need evidence? One by one!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I say: They are three things. Does striking the hand drum need evidence?
The questioner: It does not need evidence.
The Shaykh: The second?
The questioner: The palm?
The Shaykh: The palm.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: The intended meaning here is clapping.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, its evidence from the Qur'an is:[Al-Anfal 8:35].
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Tassidiyyah is clapping.
The questioner: Yes, but this clapping that happens in some weddings, where men clap with their hands without the accompaniment of the hand drum or music, what is its ruling? Does it follow the prohibition in this verse? I mean, is it imitating the worship of these disbelievers?
The Shaykh: My brother, the answer has already been given. But why did you say without the hand drum? Is there a hand drum in the verse?!
The questioner: No, I did not mean that.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: I did not mean that the verse mentions the hand drum, but I meant to seek further clarification, meaning that a man claps at a wedding, is this forbidden for him?
The Shaykh: The answer to this has already been given.
The questioner: In this verse?!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner: One remains.
The Shaykh: What remains? What is the third one?
The questioner: The stick, I do not know it.
The Shaykh: The stick is similar to the conductor's baton, the one who gives the signal!!
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: And it may be accompanied by some striking of the hand drum in balanced rhythms.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: The drum is understood, this one.
The questioner: They strike the 'ud with sticks, meaning.
The Shaykh: Yes, this was in the early times, meaning, striking with the stick.
The questioner: Our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: It is from the forbidden amusement.
The Shaykh: It is forbidden for a man to do what?
The questioner: "It is forbidden for a man to strike the hand drum, the palm, and the stick." So where is the evidence for this matter, may Allah reward you?
The Shaykh: They are three things. The first one?
The questioner: Striking the hand drum.
The Shaykh: Okay, does this need evidence?
The questioner: And the palm?
The Shaykh: Does it need evidence? One by one!
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: I say: They are three things. Does striking the hand drum need evidence?
The questioner: It does not need evidence.
The Shaykh: The second?
The questioner: The palm?
The Shaykh: The palm.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: The intended meaning here is clapping.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes, its evidence from the Qur'an is:
And their prayer at the House was not except whistling and handclapping
وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَاءً وَتَصْدِيَةًThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Tassidiyyah is clapping.
The questioner: Yes, but this clapping that happens in some weddings, where men clap with their hands without the accompaniment of the hand drum or music, what is its ruling? Does it follow the prohibition in this verse? I mean, is it imitating the worship of these disbelievers?
The Shaykh: My brother, the answer has already been given. But why did you say without the hand drum? Is there a hand drum in the verse?!
The questioner: No, I did not mean that.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner: I did not mean that the verse mentions the hand drum, but I meant to seek further clarification, meaning that a man claps at a wedding, is this forbidden for him?
The Shaykh: The answer to this has already been given.
The questioner: In this verse?!
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner: One remains.
The Shaykh: What remains? What is the third one?
The questioner: The stick, I do not know it.
The Shaykh: The stick is similar to the conductor's baton, the one who gives the signal!!
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: And it may be accompanied by some striking of the hand drum in balanced rhythms.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: The drum is understood, this one.
The questioner: They strike the 'ud with sticks, meaning.
The Shaykh: Yes, this was in the early times, meaning, striking with the stick.
The questioner: Our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: It is from the forbidden amusement.
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