Clapping when a person sees what he likes. We said that the clapping of the polytheists is clapping of worship, but do you not see, may Allah reward you, that the similarity in the form occurs, and the clappers in our time clap out of habit?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, regarding clapping.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Clapping when a person sees what he likes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : When a person sees what he likes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : We said that the clapping of the polytheists was clapping of worship.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But do you not see, may Allah reward you, that the similarity in the form occurs, even though the clappers in our time clap out of habit?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And if we say that imitation does not require intention, what is the difference between this form and [the other]?
The Shaykh : The difference is apparent. This is merely an action; it is not a dress, a shape, or something similar to that. And the reason is different now; the reason is different. So when the reason differs, the distinction and the lack of similarity [result]. Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Clapping when a person sees what he likes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : When a person sees what he likes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : We said that the clapping of the polytheists was clapping of worship.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But do you not see, may Allah reward you, that the similarity in the form occurs, even though the clappers in our time clap out of habit?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And if we say that imitation does not require intention, what is the difference between this form and [the other]?
The Shaykh : The difference is apparent. This is merely an action; it is not a dress, a shape, or something similar to that. And the reason is different now; the reason is different. So when the reason differs, the distinction and the lack of similarity [result]. Yes.