Sitting with a cloth during the Friday sermon
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: It is the custom of the people of our land to sit in the hawqaf position (sitting on the heels) frequently in their gatherings. So when Friday comes, a man takes with him a cloth or something else, and he sits in the hawqaf position with it during the sermon. What is the ruling on this action?
The Shaykh:
This is with him.
The questioner:
The cloth.
The Shaykh:
Yes, with a cloth.
The questioner:
The thing he sits in the hawqaf position with, a cloth he sits in the hawqaf position with, like a fence.
The Shaykh:
I mean, in the shape of a belt. If it covers the private parts and he is wearing trousers, and the trousers cover the private parts, then it has no meaning. The prohibition of sitting in the hawqaf position is for the one who is not wearing trousers. Perhaps some of them need this, perhaps some of them need the test, the elderly, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: It is the custom of the people of our land to sit in the hawqaf position (sitting on the heels) frequently in their gatherings. So when Friday comes, a man takes with him a cloth or something else, and he sits in the hawqaf position with it during the sermon. What is the ruling on this action?
The Shaykh:
This is with him.
The questioner:
The cloth.
The Shaykh:
Yes, with a cloth.
The questioner:
The thing he sits in the hawqaf position with, a cloth he sits in the hawqaf position with, like a fence.
The Shaykh:
I mean, in the shape of a belt. If it covers the private parts and he is wearing trousers, and the trousers cover the private parts, then it has no meaning. The prohibition of sitting in the hawqaf position is for the one who is not wearing trousers. Perhaps some of them need this, perhaps some of them need the test, the elderly, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
مختصر زاد المعاد (للإمام محمد بن عبدالوهاب)، مختصر زاد المعاد [4] — alfawzan.live (33:34)
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