Standing Up for a Guest, an Elderly Shaykh, and a Teacher
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, standing up for a guest or an elderly scholar in order to greet him,
The Shaykh:
This is good. It is not standing up to honor him or revere him; rather, one stands up to greet him, shake his hand, and seat him in a place reserved for him, and so on. There is nothing wrong with this; in fact, it is prescribed. Standing up for the sake of honoring is only for the one who arrives, and he does not greet him, nor does he stand up for him. This is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
When the teacher comes, we stand up to honor and respect him.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, standing up for a guest or an elderly scholar in order to greet him,
The Shaykh:
This is good. It is not standing up to honor him or revere him; rather, one stands up to greet him, shake his hand, and seat him in a place reserved for him, and so on. There is nothing wrong with this; in fact, it is prescribed. Standing up for the sake of honoring is only for the one who arrives, and he does not greet him, nor does he stand up for him. This is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
When the teacher comes, we stand up to honor and respect him.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في إمامة الصبي — islamhouse.com (1:03:39)
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