The ruling on rising from one's seat for an elderly person
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding rising from one's seat so that an elderly person or a person of status may sit in it, what are the conditions for this, and what is its ruling? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
There are no conditions for this; it falls under the category of showing respect and honor. People of virtue and the elderly are given space in the gathering; they are given space in the gathering because benefit is derived from them, and because they are people of virtue and good role models. As for others, if they come, they sit wherever the gathering ends, and they do not push people aside, nor do they make people rise from their seats so that they may sit in their place. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, regarding rising from one's seat so that an elderly person or a person of status may sit in it, what are the conditions for this, and what is its ruling? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
There are no conditions for this; it falls under the category of showing respect and honor. People of virtue and the elderly are given space in the gathering; they are given space in the gathering because benefit is derived from them, and because they are people of virtue and good role models. As for others, if they come, they sit wherever the gathering ends, and they do not push people aside, nor do they make people rise from their seats so that they may sit in their place. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7472 — youtube.com (11:03)
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