What is the ruling on whistling?
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The questioner : My son 'Umar is asking you about whistling?
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Is whistling, the act of whistling, forbidden?
The Shaykh : Who is asking the question?
The questioner : My son 'Umar.
The Shaykh : Your son, what Allah willed.
The questioner : And if his father, meaning, is ignorant of the answer, then it becomes his father's question.
The Shaykh : There is blessing in the father and the son.
The questioner : Specifically at night, and is there a difference between night and day?
The Shaykh : How is this? I did not understand it, the following of night and day?
The questioner : Because the common people say that whistling at night ... .
The Shaykh : In our country, in Albania, they say that whistling at night gathers the jinn, is it like that with you too?
The questioner : We have the same thing.
The Shaykh : The same thing, very well.
The questioner : From us or from you.
The Shaykh : By Allah, it may be from us, considering that we are non-Arabs and they are Arabs. What we see in this matter is a borrowing from the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:[Al-Anfal 8:35] except whistling, meaning whistling, and clapping, meaning applause. And so, what many Muslims today do in their lectures is that when they are pleased with the speech of a speaker, or with a specific part of his speech, they clap for him in approval.
The questioner : Especially if he mentions the name of the head of state.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that this is not permissible from two aspects. The first aspect is that this is the worship of the disbelievers[Al-Anfal 8:35]. The second aspect is that this clapping and applause is, to this day, a custom of the disbelievers, so it is not permissible for Muslims to imitate them in this custom, based on the first general principle Sunan Abi Dawud 4031Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani), and the second , as it came in many hadiths. And before that, this verse: if this is the ruling on clapping, then the answer applies equally to whistling, which is the act of whistling. And so, we should not look away from the custom of some of the youth and some of the adolescents that they whistle, because this whistling is a foreign custom, and especially, perhaps in whistling there is sometimes a wink at some of the girls or some of the women. Yes, that is right.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Is it so or not?
The questioner : Abu Layla : He shook his head ... .
Al-Halabi : Our Shaykh, some people raise an objection to what you have mentioned, and they say that regarding the whistling mentioned in the verse, the condemnation is of their worship with this attribute, so the one who whistles is not doing it as worship.
The Shaykh : Correct, but is he not doing it as imitation?
Al-Halabi : Even if it is general, meaning.
The Shaykh : That is it.
Al-Halabi : Yes, because it was mentioned in the context of the customs of the polytheists.
The Shaykh : No, the verse is explicit:[Al-Anfal 8:35] their prayer is their worship, but the answer is this.
The questioner : Worship is stronger than worship.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Is whistling, the act of whistling, forbidden?
The Shaykh : Who is asking the question?
The questioner : My son 'Umar.
The Shaykh : Your son, what Allah willed.
The questioner : And if his father, meaning, is ignorant of the answer, then it becomes his father's question.
The Shaykh : There is blessing in the father and the son.
The questioner : Specifically at night, and is there a difference between night and day?
The Shaykh : How is this? I did not understand it, the following of night and day?
The questioner : Because the common people say that whistling at night ... .
The Shaykh : In our country, in Albania, they say that whistling at night gathers the jinn, is it like that with you too?
The questioner : We have the same thing.
The Shaykh : The same thing, very well.
The questioner : From us or from you.
The Shaykh : By Allah, it may be from us, considering that we are non-Arabs and they are Arabs. What we see in this matter is a borrowing from the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:
And their prayer at the House was not except whistling and handclapping
وما كان صلاتهم عند البيت إلا مكاء وتصديةThe questioner : Especially if he mentions the name of the head of state.
The Shaykh : There is no doubt that this is not permissible from two aspects. The first aspect is that this is the worship of the disbelievers
And their prayer at the House was not except whistling and handclapping
وما كان صلاتهم عند البيت إلا مكاء وتصديةHe who copies any people is one of them.
من تشبه بقوم فهو منهمSo differ from them.
فخالفوهمThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Is it so or not?
The questioner : Abu Layla : He shook his head ... .
Al-Halabi : Our Shaykh, some people raise an objection to what you have mentioned, and they say that regarding the whistling mentioned in the verse, the condemnation is of their worship with this attribute, so the one who whistles is not doing it as worship.
The Shaykh : Correct, but is he not doing it as imitation?
Al-Halabi : Even if it is general, meaning.
The Shaykh : That is it.
Al-Halabi : Yes, because it was mentioned in the context of the customs of the polytheists.
The Shaykh : No, the verse is explicit:
And their prayer
وما كان صلاتهمThe questioner : Worship is stronger than worship.
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