Explanation of the sitting for rest in prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the sitting for rest? Is it done in the obligatory prayer or in the voluntary prayer?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement on this, and the majority hold that it is not done, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do it as a legislative act. He only did it when the prayer became heavy for him (peace and blessings be upon him), so he did it because it was heavy for him in the last part of his life (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes. So he did it out of need, not as a legislative act. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the sitting for rest? Is it done in the obligatory prayer or in the voluntary prayer?
Answer:
There is scholarly disagreement on this, and the majority hold that it is not done, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do it as a legislative act. He only did it when the prayer became heavy for him (peace and blessings be upon him), so he did it because it was heavy for him in the last part of his life (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes. So he did it out of need, not as a legislative act. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أبلغ كيد الشيطان وسخريته بالمفتونين بالصور — islamhouse.com (1:14:19)
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