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Does standing up for a guest fall under the warning in the hadith: “Whoever loves for the men to stand up for him, let him take his seat in the Fire”?

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Question:
It was reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said
Let him who likes people to stand up before him prepare his place in Hell.مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَمْثُلَ لَهُ الرِّجَالُ قِيَامًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
Sunan Abi Dawud 5229Sahih (Al-Albani)
. He says: What about our practice of standing up for guests? Especially since some

Answer:
Peace be upon them, there is no harm. If you stand up to greet the one who arrives, there is no harm in that. But if you stand up and you are not greeting him, but rather out of respect for the one entering, that is not permissible.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل القيام للضيف يدخل في الوعيد في حديث «من أحبّ أن يمثل له الرّجال قياما فليتبوّأ مقعده من النّار»؟ — youtube.com

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