(An extract) [3] حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ...

Ali Bin Ahmad Bin Muhammad narrated to us, from Muhammad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Kufy, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Al Barmakky, from Ali Bin Al Abbas, from Al Qasim Ibn Al Rabie Al Sahaf, (It has been narrated) from Muhammad Bin Sinan that Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza -asws wrote to him in answer to what he had written asking him -asws : ‘Makkah was named as Makkah because the people used to whistle therein, and it used to be said to the one who intended to it, ‘He has (gone to) whistle’, and these are the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [8:35] And what is their prayer before the House except for whistling and clapping of hands .

(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbar – from Ibn Al Waleed, from Ibn Aban, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Ibrahim Bin Umar Al Yamany, from the one who mentioned it, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws regarding Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic: And it was not their Salat by the House (Kabah) except for whistling and clapping; [8:35] . He -asws said: ‘The whistling and the clapping’’.