What is the most authentic statement regarding the wisdom behind the prohibition of putting on shoes while standing?
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The questioner : What is the most authentic statement regarding the wisdom behind the prohibition of putting on shoes while standing?
The Shaykh : What I see is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not mean any type of putting on shoes, but rather the kind where the person putting them on might be exposed to some harm, such as falling to the right or left, or falling on his face. As for shoes that are as they are known today, which are easy for a person to put on, it does not appear to me that the hadith intends even this type of putting on shoes.
The questioner : Or his private parts become exposed, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Or his private parts become exposed; sometimes he is wearing something.
The Shaykh : Yes, if that is possible.
The Shaykh : What I see is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not mean any type of putting on shoes, but rather the kind where the person putting them on might be exposed to some harm, such as falling to the right or left, or falling on his face. As for shoes that are as they are known today, which are easy for a person to put on, it does not appear to me that the hadith intends even this type of putting on shoes.
The questioner : Or his private parts become exposed, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Or his private parts become exposed; sometimes he is wearing something.
The Shaykh : Yes, if that is possible.