What is the ruling on opening venues in the presence of a person cutting a ribbon placed on a cushion carried by another person, accompanied by applause?
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Cutting the ribbon to inaugurate a place, if it is a specific custom of the disbelievers, then it is forbidden, due to the prohibition of imitating them. If it is not one of their specific customs, then it is at least disliked due to the frivolity, waste of time, and clapping that is unbecoming of men. It may be forbidden if it is accompanied by intermingling, forbidden singing, or music.
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