The Ruling on the Resting Sitting in Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on the sitting of rest in the prayer? Is it a recommended practice (sunnah)?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement (khilaf) on this, there is scholarly disagreement. And if one needs it, it is permissible (mubah). Yes.
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the preferred ruling?
Answer:
Most of them hold that it is a recommended practice (sunnah). As for what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do, it is said that he did it because he had grown old; he did it to rest, for he had grown old and the prayer became heavy for him (peace and blessings be upon him), so he did it for the sake of rest. It is also said that he did it to establish it as a prescription, making it recommended. So it is possible that it is either of these. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on the sitting of rest in the prayer? Is it a recommended practice (sunnah)?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement (khilaf) on this, there is scholarly disagreement. And if one needs it, it is permissible (mubah). Yes.
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the preferred ruling?
Answer:
Most of them hold that it is a recommended practice (sunnah). As for what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do, it is said that he did it because he had grown old; he did it to rest, for he had grown old and the prayer became heavy for him (peace and blessings be upon him), so he did it for the sake of rest. It is also said that he did it to establish it as a prescription, making it recommended. So it is possible that it is either of these. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان-22-07-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (1:18:23)
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