What is the ruling on standing for a teacher?
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The questioner : Okay; in the school, may you be blessed,The Shaykh : if a teacher stands, we are young, I mean, standing or sitting?
The Shaykh : I am the most knowledgeable person about this; because when I was in elementary school, I was the class monitor!
The questioner : ... but in the classroom.
The Shaykh : No, no, in the classroom, I was the class monitor, in this classroom, so the monitor would stand in front of the door when he saw the teacher approaching, he would say to the class: "Get ready," and when he entered, they would all stand up, so I would sometimes see some teachers having grievances and conflicts with some of the students; either the student would beThe student : lazy; so the teacher would always put him down, so he would hit him, he did not like to see him or honor him, when all the students stood up for the entering teacher, some of the students who were angry at the teacher would hide under the desk, and the teacher would know that, so he would negotiate, he would stretch out his hand like this and expose him by his action, and hit him a severe beating; why? Because he did not stand up for him! And from this came what is narrated about Shawqi, what does he say?
"Stand up for the teacher," what?
The questioner : "And honor him with reverence"
The Shaykh : "The teacher is almost a prophet"
The questioner : "A messenger"
The Shaykh : "A messenger"!
He orders standing, and the Messenger forbids standing, all of this is out of ignorance of Islam, so therefore, remind one another of the Sunnah... people are strangers to you, so accommodate them within the limits of your ability; Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear.
The questioner : Some of the group get upset.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Some of the tribes among us get upset!
The Shaykh : Yes, they get upset, but even so, we should not close this discussion, I mean, we must remind one another.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, we combine this and that, I mean, we spread knowledge and accommodate people until their insights open to the Sunnah.
The questioner : Sometimes fifty times, fifty people come before 'Isha' fifty times!
The Shaykh : You just reminded me of a story; one of our brothers there in Damascus told me: We attended a very large ceremony, and they seated us in the front rows, he says: and the people began to arrive, and before the gathering was complete, a rumor spread that such-and-such a Pasha is entering now, the eyes turned to the door, indeed the Pasha entered, so we stood up, and we remained standing until the Pasha sat down, he said: we had barely sat down when another rumor spread; such-and-such a Prince is entering now, indeed he entered, so we stood up, and we had not yet sat down, another rumor spread; such-and-such a Bey, such-and-such a scholar, he said - here is the point - I did not see myself but standing and sitting as if I had a "spring" under me going up and down.
The Shaykh : I am the most knowledgeable person about this; because when I was in elementary school, I was the class monitor!
The questioner : ... but in the classroom.
The Shaykh : No, no, in the classroom, I was the class monitor, in this classroom, so the monitor would stand in front of the door when he saw the teacher approaching, he would say to the class: "Get ready," and when he entered, they would all stand up, so I would sometimes see some teachers having grievances and conflicts with some of the students; either the student would beThe student : lazy; so the teacher would always put him down, so he would hit him, he did not like to see him or honor him, when all the students stood up for the entering teacher, some of the students who were angry at the teacher would hide under the desk, and the teacher would know that, so he would negotiate, he would stretch out his hand like this and expose him by his action, and hit him a severe beating; why? Because he did not stand up for him! And from this came what is narrated about Shawqi, what does he say?
"Stand up for the teacher," what?
The questioner : "And honor him with reverence"
The Shaykh : "The teacher is almost a prophet"
The questioner : "A messenger"
The Shaykh : "A messenger"!
He orders standing, and the Messenger forbids standing, all of this is out of ignorance of Islam, so therefore, remind one another of the Sunnah... people are strangers to you, so accommodate them within the limits of your ability; Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear.
The questioner : Some of the group get upset.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Some of the tribes among us get upset!
The Shaykh : Yes, they get upset, but even so, we should not close this discussion, I mean, we must remind one another.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, we combine this and that, I mean, we spread knowledge and accommodate people until their insights open to the Sunnah.
The questioner : Sometimes fifty times, fifty people come before 'Isha' fifty times!
The Shaykh : You just reminded me of a story; one of our brothers there in Damascus told me: We attended a very large ceremony, and they seated us in the front rows, he says: and the people began to arrive, and before the gathering was complete, a rumor spread that such-and-such a Pasha is entering now, the eyes turned to the door, indeed the Pasha entered, so we stood up, and we remained standing until the Pasha sat down, he said: we had barely sat down when another rumor spread; such-and-such a Prince is entering now, indeed he entered, so we stood up, and we had not yet sat down, another rumor spread; such-and-such a Bey, such-and-such a scholar, he said - here is the point - I did not see myself but standing and sitting as if I had a "spring" under me going up and down.
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