What is the ruling on sitting in the hawd position during the Friday sermon?

The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: It is the custom of the people of our land to sit in the hawd position frequently in their gatherings. So when Friday comes, a man takes with him a cloth or something else, and then he sits in the hawd position with it during the sermon. What is the ruling on this action?

The Shaykh:
With him.

The questioner:
The cloth.

The Shaykh:
Yes, a cloth, and what?

The questioner:
The one he sits in the hawd position in, a cloth he sits in the hawd position in, like a belt.

The Shaykh:
I mean, the shape of a belt. There is no objection, if it covers the awrah (the part of the body that must be covered) and he is wearing trousers, covering the awrah, there is no objection. The prohibition of sitting in the hawd position is for the one who is not wearing trousers. Perhaps some of them need this, perhaps some of them need to sit in the hawd position, the elderly, yes.