Is it true that you say clapping is permissible?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, this question is not about Hajj, but it is something reported from you, and I would like to verify it: you say that clapping is permissible. Is this correct? One of the young men told me that you said: there is nothing wrong with it?
The Shaykh : Yes, 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.
The questioner : So it supports...
The Shaykh : As for the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Anfal 8:35], these people intend by clapping the worship of Allah, and this is not worship. As for the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan ad-Darimi 2:175, 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.
The questioner : O Shaykh, so in kindergartens and schools, there is nothing wrong with it for encouragement.
The Shaykh : Yes, 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 matter.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, 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.
The questioner : So it supports...
The Shaykh : As for the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And their prayer at the House was not except whistling and handclapping
وَمَا كَانَ صَلاتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَاءً وَتَصْدِيَةًIf 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 وتصفق النساءThe questioner : O Shaykh, so in kindergartens and schools, there is nothing wrong with it for encouragement.
The Shaykh : Yes, 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 matter.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes.