It was reported from the Shaykh al-Islam that it is forbidden for a man to strike the hand drum, clap his hands, or strike with a stick. What is the evidence?
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The questioner : It was stated in the fatwas of Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: It is forbidden for a man to strike with the hand...
The Shaykh: It is forbidden for a man to do what?
The questioner : Striking with the hand drum, with the hand, and with the stick. Where is the evidence for this issue? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : They are three things. The first is?
The questioner: Striking the hand drum.
The Shaykh: Okay, does this need evidence?
The questioner : And the hand.
The Shaykh : It needs evidence, one by one. I say they are three things.
The questioner : The hand drum.
The Shaykh : Striking with the hand drum.
The questioner : The hand drum.
The Shaykh : Does the hand drum need evidence?
The questioner : The hand drum does not need evidence.
The Shaykh : And the second?
The questioner: The palm?
The Shaykh : The hand, and the intention is clapping?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Its evidence is from the Qur'an:[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 a hand drum or music, what is its ruling? Does it follow the prohibition in this verse, meaning is it imitating the worship of these disbelievers?
The Shaykh : My brother, the answer has already been given. But why did you say without a 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 further clarification, meaning if a man claps at a wedding, is it forbidden for him?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : By this verse?
The Shaykh : The answer to this has already been given. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you, what is the third part?
The questioner: The stick, I do not know it.
The Shaykh: It is forbidden for a man to do what?
The questioner : Striking with the hand drum, with the hand, and with the stick. Where is the evidence for this issue? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : They are three things. The first is?
The questioner: Striking the hand drum.
The Shaykh: Okay, does this need evidence?
The questioner : And the hand.
The Shaykh : It needs evidence, one by one. I say they are three things.
The questioner : The hand drum.
The Shaykh : Striking with the hand drum.
The questioner : The hand drum.
The Shaykh : Does the hand drum need evidence?
The questioner : The hand drum does not need evidence.
The Shaykh : And the second?
The questioner: The palm?
The Shaykh : The hand, and the intention is clapping?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Its evidence is from the Qur'an:
And their prayer at the House was not except whistling and handclapping
وما كان صلاتهم عند البيت إلا مكاء وتصديةThe 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 a hand drum or music, what is its ruling? Does it follow the prohibition in this verse, meaning is it imitating the worship of these disbelievers?
The Shaykh : My brother, the answer has already been given. But why did you say without a 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 further clarification, meaning if a man claps at a wedding, is it forbidden for him?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : By this verse?
The Shaykh : The answer to this has already been given. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you, what is the third part?
The questioner: The stick, I do not know it.
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