The Ruling on the Resting Sitting in Prayer

Question:
May Allah reward you. This means a questioner is asking, and he says: Is the resting sitting in prayer a recommended practice?

Answer:
Yes, it is a recommended practice according to some scholars, and it is a light sitting. So, when one stands up to the third rak'ah of a four-rak'ah prayer, or to the third rak'ah of Maghrib, it is recommended according to some scholars to sit for a rest. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did this, and the scholars differed on whether he did it because he needed it due to his age, or whether he did it as a recommended practice? Did he do it as a permissible matter for the elderly and the weak, or as a recommended practice for the strong and the one who is unable? Yes.