The Ruling on Standing Out of Respect for a Person
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is standing out of respect for a person considered a form of exaltation that leads to shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
Standing to humiliate a person or to exalt him is haram (forbidden), but it does not reach the level of shirk; however, the act itself is haram. As for standing to greet him, or to help him with something, or to help him dismount, there is no harm in that. But merely standing out of respect for him alone is not permissible, as in
So stand to greet him or to help him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when Sa'd ibn Mu'adh was brought on a mule or a horse, he said: meaning, stand up to dismount him because of the wound. Stand up to dismount the rider. So standing to help him or to greet him is fine. But fasting merely out of respect for him is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is standing out of respect for a person considered a form of exaltation that leads to shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
Answer:
Standing to humiliate a person or to exalt him is haram (forbidden), but it does not reach the level of shirk; however, the act itself is haram. As for standing to greet him, or to help him with something, or to help him dismount, there is no harm in that. But merely standing out of respect for him alone is not permissible, as in
I love that men stand for him in speech, so let him take his place in victory.
أحب أن يتمثل له رجال كلاما فليتبوأ عدوا إلى النصر.So stand to greet him or to help him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when Sa'd ibn Mu'adh was brought on a mule or a horse, he said:
Stand up for your chief.
قوموا إلى سيئكم
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء أن الغلو في قبور الصالحين يصيرها أوثانًا تُعبد من دون الله — islamhouse.com (1:05:22)
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