Continuation of the ruling on clapping and whistling.
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The questioner : O Shaykh, what is the ruling on clapping and whistling, and which type of whistling is forbidden? Also, what is the evidence for the prohibition of clapping and whistling?
The Shaykh : Now, if you were here and you started clapping and whistling, would they say you are a madman or a sane person?
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : For what reason do you clap and whistle?
The questioner : O Shaykh, it is due to what happens in matches or similar events.
The Shaykh : I mean, for example, clapping for a person who distinguished himself from others, or something like that?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Or if he succeeded, for example, or gave a correct answer, or something similar to that. I see no harm in it. As for whistling, I dislike it intrinsically, but I cannot say that it is disliked by the Shari'ah, because I have no evidence for that.
The questioner : This clapping.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with clapping. As for the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan ad-Darimi 2:175, that is in prayer. And as for the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Anfal 8:35], the whistling is the whistling, and the clapping is the clapping. This was what the Quraysh did at the Sacred Mosque, worshipping Allah with it, instead of bowing and prostrating, they would clap and whistle.
As for a person, for example, who sees someone advance over others and excel, and wants to encourage him and claps, I do not see any harm in that.
The questioner : Is there no evidence in the verse?
The Shaykh : There is no evidence. I heard that they took it as worship.
The questioner : Yes, well, Shaykh, what kind of whistling?
The Shaykh : The discussion is over.
The questioner : ... The whistling, Shaykh, I mean like the referee's whistle in matches?
The Shaykh : I dislike it intrinsically, and I have no evidence. I mean, if someone asked me for evidence, I could not say: I have evidence.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Now, if you were here and you started clapping and whistling, would they say you are a madman or a sane person?
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : For what reason do you clap and whistle?
The questioner : O Shaykh, it is due to what happens in matches or similar events.
The Shaykh : I mean, for example, clapping for a person who distinguished himself from others, or something like that?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Or if he succeeded, for example, or gave a correct answer, or something similar to that. I see no harm in it. As for whistling, I dislike it intrinsically, but I cannot say that it is disliked by the Shari'ah, because I have no evidence for that.
The questioner : This clapping.
The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with clapping. As for the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
If something happens to you in your prayer, let the men say Subhan Allah and let the women clap.
إذا نابكم شيء في صلاتكم فليسبح الرجال ولتصفق النساءAnd their prayer at the House was not except whistling and handclapping
وَمَا كَانَ صَلاتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَاءً وَتَصْدِيَةًAs for a person, for example, who sees someone advance over others and excel, and wants to encourage him and claps, I do not see any harm in that.
The questioner : Is there no evidence in the verse?
The Shaykh : There is no evidence. I heard that they took it as worship.
The questioner : Yes, well, Shaykh, what kind of whistling?
The Shaykh : The discussion is over.
The questioner : ... The whistling, Shaykh, I mean like the referee's whistle in matches?
The Shaykh : I dislike it intrinsically, and I have no evidence. I mean, if someone asked me for evidence, I could not say: I have evidence.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.