If the imam does not sit for the resting sitting, does the ma'mum sit for it?
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The questioner: If the imam ... the resting sitting ... ?
The Shaykh: There is a distinction in this, my brother.
The questioner: Yes, I want to know ... .
The Shaykh: If the imam’s school of jurisprudence, by which he worships Allah, is that he does not sit for the resting sitting, then you do not sit. And if his school is to sit for this sitting, and you know that this is a recommended practice (sunnah).
The questioner: And if it is his habit that when he prays with the brother present, he follows him out of shyness, but if he is a Hanafi and prays with the people of the market, he does not sit; what is this?
Another questioner: He is applying the Sunnah.
The Shaykh: Apply the previous answer.
The Shaykh: There is a distinction in this, my brother.
The questioner: Yes, I want to know ... .
The Shaykh: If the imam’s school of jurisprudence, by which he worships Allah, is that he does not sit for the resting sitting, then you do not sit. And if his school is to sit for this sitting, and you know that this is a recommended practice (sunnah).
The questioner: And if it is his habit that when he prays with the brother present, he follows him out of shyness, but if he is a Hanafi and prays with the people of the market, he does not sit; what is this?
Another questioner: He is applying the Sunnah.
The Shaykh: Apply the previous answer.
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