Does standing up for the elderly fall under the prohibition mentioned in this hadith: “A man should not make another man rise from his place and then sit in it”?

Question:
The questioner says: It is reported in a hadith, to the effect that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Does it fall under this hadith if one of us stands up for an elderly man? And what is the meaning of the hadith?

Answer:
The hadith is clear, as indicated by the word “should not make rise.” You do not go and push someone aside to sit in his place unless he stands up on his own and offers you his place; in that case, there is no harm in sitting in it. However, if you make him rise while he has not agreed or allowed it, and you make him rise from his place, that is not permissible for you; it is not permissible. In fact, Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), if someone stood up for him—if someone stood up for him of his own accord—he would not sit in his place, out of scrupulousness, out of his scrupulousness (may Allah be pleased with him). So what about the one who makes people rise from their places and sits in their places? Unless the person you made rise is your servant or your son, and he reserved the place for you; in that case, there is no harm if he is your servant or your son. But if you come to a person from among the people who is sitting in the mosque, or in a place, or in a gathering, and you make him rise on the pretext that you are the one who is given precedence, that you have status, and that you make people rise and sit in their places, that is not permissible, because this is an injustice to the one who arrived first at a permissible place, for he has the greater right to it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said.