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Is It Permissiɓle To Greet With Ɓow Or Postration Our Elɗers? by DeathStroke007(m): 5:31pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
Is it permissible for a younger person to bow to an older person when greeting them? Shirk in respect confuses me a lot! There is a tradition in my relatives that they bow a little in front of their elders, their elders keep their hand on their heads out of love, however, the young ones dont bow as much as one bows in Ruku. I have seen almost all people. Published Date: 2011-06-30 Praise be to Allaah. It is not permissible to bow when meeting someone, whether he is a scholar or anyone else. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: With regard to bowing when greeting someone, it is forbidden as is narrated in al-Tirmidhi from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him); they asked him about a man who meets his brother, can he bow to him? He said: “No.” And it is not permissible to bow or prostrate to anyone except Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, even though that may have been a form of greeting in other religions, as in the story of Yoosuf – “…and they fell down before him prostrate. And he said: ‘O my father! This is the interpretation of my dream aforetime!’” [Yoosuf 12:100]. But in our religion it is not acceptable to bow or prostrate to anyone except Allah; in fact it is also forbidden to stand as the non-Arabs stand before one another, so how about bowing and prostrating? Similarly, a partial bow is also included in this prohibition. End quote from Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa, 1/377 And he said: With regard to lowering the head when meeting prominent figures such as shaykhs and so on, or kissing the ground and so on, these are things concerning which there is no difference of opinion among the imams that they are forbidden. In fact merely inclining the back to anyone other than Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, is forbidden. In al-Musnad and elsewhere it is narrated that when Mu‘aadh ibn Jabal came back from Syria, he prostrated to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), who said: “What is this, O Mu‘aadh?” He said: O Messenger of Allah, I saw them in Syria prostrating to their bishops and patriarchs, and they narrated that from their Prophets. He said: “They are lying, O Mu‘aadh; if I were to instruct anyone to prostrate to anyone else, I would have instructed a woman to prostrate to her husband because of the greatness of his rights over her. O Mu‘aadh, do you think that if you were to pass my grave you would prostrate?” He said: No. He said: “Do not do that,” or words to that effect. To sum up: standing, sitting, bowing and prostrating are due only to the only One Who is deserving of worship, the Creator of the heavens and the earth; with regard to that which is due only to Allah, no one should have any share in it; this also applies to swearing by anything other than Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. End quote from Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa, 27/92, 93 The scholars of the Standing Committee said: It is not permissible to bow when greeting or to take off one’s shoes for him. And they said: It is not permissible to bow when greeting a Muslim or a kaafir, whether with the upper part of the body or the head, because bowing is a form of worship, and worship can only be for Allah alone. Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Razzaaq ‘Afeefi, Shaykh ‘Abd-Allah ibn Ghadyaan, Shaykh ‘Abd-Allah ibn Qa‘ood Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 1/233, 234 And Allah knows best. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Is It Permissiɓle To Greet With Ɓow Or Postration Our Elɗers? by adekhingz(m): 5:43pm On Jan 26, 2016 |
Jazakkummullahu khayran. May Allah strengthen our iman (amin) 1 Like |
Re: Is It Permissiɓle To Greet With Ɓow Or Postration Our Elɗers? by truelyt: 6:26am On Jan 31, 2016 |
abeg if you go village,jejely bow to those oldmen n women oh wen you are greeting them to avoid stories that touch.yorubas can relate to this better |
Re: Is It Permissiɓle To Greet With Ɓow Or Postration Our Elɗers? by DeathStroke007(m): 2:48pm On Jan 31, 2016 |
we are Muslims.... Only if Allah wills they can hurt us.. |
Re: Is It Permissiɓle To Greet With Ɓow Or Postration Our Elɗers? by Artless360(m): 6:24pm On Feb 01, 2016 |
Bro I bow ax a sign of respect nt worship.... Action ar judge according to intention.... |
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