The ruling on the people of a gathering standing up for a scholar when he enters and leaves out of respect for him
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: When a scholar enters a gathering, the people in the gathering stand up out of respect for him, and likewise when he leaves the gathering, they stand up.
Answer:
No, that is not permissible. They may stand up to greet him, and there is no harm in that, but standing up solely out of respect is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: When a scholar enters a gathering, the people in the gathering stand up out of respect for him, and likewise when he leaves the gathering, they stand up.
Answer:
No, that is not permissible. They may stand up to greet him, and there is no harm in that, but standing up solely out of respect is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3217] حكم قيام أهل المجلس للعالِم عند دخوله وخروجه احترامًا له - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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