Does bowing or prostrating by way of greeting come under shirk?
So whoever prostrates to any created being by way of greeting has done a prohibited act, but he has not fallen into shirk or disbelief.
1. PROSTRATION BY WAY OF WORSHIP
This type of prostration is done by way of expressing humility, submission and worship, and cannot be done for any lone except Allah, may He be glorified and exalted. Whoever prostrates to anyone other than Allah by way of worship has committed an act of major shirk.
Praise be to Allah
Firstly:
Prostration and also bowing is of two types:
2. PROSTRATION BY WAY OF GREETING
This is done by way of greeting, showing respect and honouring the person to whom the prostration is done. _This kind of prostration was permissible in some of the laws revealed to Prophets before Islam, but then Islam prohibited and forbade it.
My comment: The sufis has always been known from time immemorial in exhibiting extremism in praising or honouring their shuyukh (as they claim) in a way that constituted major shirk. Like the Sufi (tijaaniyyah tareeqah order) that do sujud for Tahiru bauchi I. E one of their taaghut.
My Comment: This haraam in prostration or bowing when greeting carries the same consequence as other haraam. We are in a time in which this act (I. E bowing) is very common. May Allaah give us the imaan to avoid it.
Note that prostration of worship I. E sujud done for a person is totally major shirk but bowing, standing ovation by a way of honouring a person and bending the head even if it's slightly, they are all haram but not shirk.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:
Prostration is of two types: prostration by way of pure worship, and prostration by way of honouring and showing respect. As for the former, it can only be done for Allah.
End quote in Majmoo‘ al-Fataawa (4/361)
Secondly:
With regard to the view that prostration to anything other than Allah is shirk in all cases, because prostration in and of itself is an act of worship that cannot be directed to anyone other than Allah, this is a weak view. This is indicated by the following:
And he said:
The texts of the Sunnah and the consensus of the ummah indicate that it is prohibited to prostrate to anyone other than Allah according to the law brought by our Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), whether by way of greeting or worship, as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) forbade Mu‘aadh ibn Jabal to prostrate to him when he came from Syrian and prostrated to him by way of greeting.
End quote from Jaami‘ al-Masaa’il (1/25)
At-Tabari said: “…then fall (you) down prostrating yourselves unto him” [al-Hijr 15:29] this refers to the prostration of greeting and honour, not the prostration of worship.
......to be continued
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