Question
I seek your guidance on the following matters related to our school practices. Using Takbeer in Place of Clapping: In our Muslim-managed school, we have replaced clapping hands during programs or prize distribution with saying 'Takbeer' on stage. Is this practice appropriate from a Shariah perspective?
Answer
The practice as described by you is making a mockery of the Name of Allah Ta'ala. Takbeer should not be proclaimed for the type of frivolous, kuffaar-type activity mentioned by you. Takbeer is Ibaadat with which it is not permissible to trifle. In fact it is not permissible to proclaim Takbeer to wake up a person for even Tahajjud or Fajr Salaat. For this reason such alarm clocks chiming Takbeer, Tasbeeh and the Athaan to wake people are not permissible.
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