Explanation of the Book of Prayer-09

The Shaykh : Then we move on to the second hadith. He said: "And from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Glorifying Allah applies to men and clapping applies only to women.

التسبيح للرجال والتصفيق للنساء

Sunan Abi Dawud 939Sahih (Al-Albani)

Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. Muslim added:

in the prayer

في الصلاة

" His statement: means saying: Subhan Allah, meaning saying: Subhan Allah, as that was explained in some narrations of al-Bukhari. And even if it was not explained, it is clear that tasbih is saying: Subhan Allah. And his statement: means males, so it does not exclude those who have not reached puberty. means striking one hand with the other. is the plural of women or the plural of woman; both are possible. But even if we say it is the plural of women, then "niswa" is the plural of "imra'ah," making "imra'ah" one of the singulars that is not pluralized from its own form, one of the singulars that is not pluralized from its own form. Just as there are plurals that do not have a singular from their own form, such as: al-ibil. What is the singular of al-ibil?
The student: ... .

The Shaykh : It is not al-ba'ir, not from its own form, not from its own form, it is not possible, and the language is broad. So for women, we say: it includes those who have reached puberty and those who have not. And his statement: includes the obligatory and the voluntary, because the article "al" indicates generality. The reason for this is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw some of his companions signaling by striking their thighs, so he said: Okay. We said: striking one hand with the other. The intended meaning of "hands" is the palms, because when "hands" is used without qualification, it means the palms, and if it is qualified, it is by what it is qualified with. But how is it done? Is it with the palm of each hand on the palm of the other, like this, or with the back of each hand on the back of the other, like this? Yes, or with the back of the right hand on the palm of the left hand, like this, or with the palm of the left hand on the back of the right hand, or is it general? It is general. The important thing is that it is by striking one palm with the other so that it makes a sound. Some qualified it by saying it should be with two fingers, like this, but there is no validity to that. So we say: clapping is that the woman strikes one of her palms with the other so that it makes a sound.