What is the ruling on clapping for men?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh Nasser?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: Question.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : What is the ruling on clapping for men?
The Shaykh : What is the ruling on what?
The questioner : Clapping.
The Shaykh : Clapping.
The questioner : Clapping, yes.
The Shaykh : Clapping?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : On what occasion?
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : On what occasion? Why the clapping?
The questioner : At the party.
The Shaykh : This is not permissible for two reasons.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : First: it is the custom of the polytheists of old, as the Lord of the Worlds said:[Al-Anfal 8:35] Mukaa' is whistling and tashdiyah is clapping.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The other reason: it is the custom of the disbelievers who do not remember Allah, neither much nor little. Instead of saying Allahu Akbar or Subhan Allah when they are pleased with a preacher's sermon, they clap.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So the Muslims imitated the disbelievers, and this is a great calamity.
The questioner : Shaykh Nasser.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh Nasser?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner: Question.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : What is the ruling on clapping for men?
The Shaykh : What is the ruling on what?
The questioner : Clapping.
The Shaykh : Clapping.
The questioner : Clapping, yes.
The Shaykh : Clapping?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : On what occasion?
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : On what occasion? Why the clapping?
The questioner : At the party.
The Shaykh : This is not permissible for two reasons.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : First: it is the custom of the polytheists of old, as the Lord of the Worlds said:
And their prayer at the House was not except whistling and handclapping
وَمَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُمْ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا مُكَاءً وَتَصْدِيَةًThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The other reason: it is the custom of the disbelievers who do not remember Allah, neither much nor little. Instead of saying Allahu Akbar or Subhan Allah when they are pleased with a preacher's sermon, they clap.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : So the Muslims imitated the disbelievers, and this is a great calamity.
The questioner : Shaykh Nasser.
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