Raising the weak from their places in the gatherings
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Question:
In our book, some people who claim to be religious raise the weak and the poor from their places when the day of religion arrives and the great ones sit in them. Is this permissible?
Answer:
This is not permissible. Whoever arrives first at a place, especially in the mosque or in the gatherings of knowledge, has the right to it, and it is not permissible to make him stand up. Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to enter a gathering, and if someone stood up for him, he would not sit in that person's place and would refuse to sit there, even though that person was the one who stood up for him and he was the one who preferred to sit in that place. Nevertheless, he, may Allah be pleased with him, would refrain from sitting in the place of anyone who stood up for him, and would only sit where the gathering ended. Yes.
In our book, some people who claim to be religious raise the weak and the poor from their places when the day of religion arrives and the great ones sit in them. Is this permissible?
Answer:
This is not permissible. Whoever arrives first at a place, especially in the mosque or in the gatherings of knowledge, has the right to it, and it is not permissible to make him stand up. Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to enter a gathering, and if someone stood up for him, he would not sit in that person's place and would refuse to sit there, even though that person was the one who stood up for him and he was the one who preferred to sit in that place. Nevertheless, he, may Allah be pleased with him, would refrain from sitting in the place of anyone who stood up for him, and would only sit where the gathering ended. Yes.
Source
شرح مسائل الجاهلية [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من المسألة الرابعة عشرة : أن كل ما تقدم مبني على قاعدة، وهي النفي والإثبات — islamhouse.com (58:53)
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