What is the ruling on the rest sitting in prayer?

Question:
This person is asking; it appears from his question that he is asking about the rest sitting in prayer: is it a recommended practice (sunnah) or is it not a recommended practice? The rest sitting, when one stands up from the first rak'ah to the second, he rests a little; when he stands up from the third to the fourth, this

Answer:
is a matter of disagreement among the scholars, and the well-known and stronger position is that it is not a recommended practice (sunnah), but rather it is for need. If a person needs it due to illness or old age, he needs to rest, so he does it, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did when the prayer became heavy for him (peace and blessings be upon him). So it is done for need; it is not done as a recommended practice (sunnah).