When does the one praying say Allahu Akbar when he sits for the rest?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. When does the imam say the takbir if he is sitting for the rest?
The Shaykh : When?
The questioner : When does the imam say the takbir, the saying of Allahu Akbar, if he is sitting for the rest? Is it while he is sitting, or when he begins to stand up?
The Shaykh : When he begins to rise from the prostration.
The questioner : But if he is sitting for the rest?
The Shaykh : Yes, he says the takbir while sitting; that does no harm.
The questioner : He says the takbir while sitting...
The Shaykh : No, he does not say the takbir a second time. He says the takbir when rising from the prostration.
The questioner : If he sits, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : If he sits, he says nothing.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Do you mean if he is the imam?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In this case, we might say that it is more likely that his takbir is when he stands up. However, if the followers are sitting with him when he sits—meaning, if the imam sits for the rest, sit with him even if you do not consider this sitting to be a recommended practice—then in that case, the takbir is at the very moment he rises from the prostration. This sitting is not a recommended practice in any absolute sense, nor is it disliked in any absolute sense. It is only for those who need it due to old age, illness, or joint pain; they sit and then rise. As for the energetic person who has no such issue, he rises directly from the prostration. If the imam sits, sit; if he does not sit, do not sit. Yes.
The Shaykh : When?
The questioner : When does the imam say the takbir, the saying of Allahu Akbar, if he is sitting for the rest? Is it while he is sitting, or when he begins to stand up?
The Shaykh : When he begins to rise from the prostration.
The questioner : But if he is sitting for the rest?
The Shaykh : Yes, he says the takbir while sitting; that does no harm.
The questioner : He says the takbir while sitting...
The Shaykh : No, he does not say the takbir a second time. He says the takbir when rising from the prostration.
The questioner : If he sits, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : If he sits, he says nothing.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Do you mean if he is the imam?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In this case, we might say that it is more likely that his takbir is when he stands up. However, if the followers are sitting with him when he sits—meaning, if the imam sits for the rest, sit with him even if you do not consider this sitting to be a recommended practice—then in that case, the takbir is at the very moment he rises from the prostration. This sitting is not a recommended practice in any absolute sense, nor is it disliked in any absolute sense. It is only for those who need it due to old age, illness, or joint pain; they sit and then rise. As for the energetic person who has no such issue, he rises directly from the prostration. If the imam sits, sit; if he does not sit, do not sit. Yes.