nightsofworship
06-21-2005, 02:08 AM
Bismillah hir rahman nir raheem
Assalaam 'alaykum
This question is especially for Sh. Yasir, but if anyone knows the correct answer, inshallaah, that's all I'd like to hear. :)
Well, most of the people already asked all the possible scenarios for bowing/standing up for other people, and the ruling is that it's not permissible, and at the same time it is not necessarily considered shirk (but that just depends on the situation/intention), correct?
With that said, here's another thing I realized that is common in culture... kissing hands. The act itself is just to kiss the hand of an elder (out of respect), but about 99.9% of the time, it also constitutes one bowing their head in order to do that. The intention isn't to bow the head out of respect, but rather to kiss the hand out of respect. Would you happen to know what the verdict is on that?
Jazaak Allaah khair
Assalaam 'alaykum
Assalaam 'alaykum
This question is especially for Sh. Yasir, but if anyone knows the correct answer, inshallaah, that's all I'd like to hear. :)
Well, most of the people already asked all the possible scenarios for bowing/standing up for other people, and the ruling is that it's not permissible, and at the same time it is not necessarily considered shirk (but that just depends on the situation/intention), correct?
With that said, here's another thing I realized that is common in culture... kissing hands. The act itself is just to kiss the hand of an elder (out of respect), but about 99.9% of the time, it also constitutes one bowing their head in order to do that. The intention isn't to bow the head out of respect, but rather to kiss the hand out of respect. Would you happen to know what the verdict is on that?
Jazaak Allaah khair
Assalaam 'alaykum