And prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.

The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
He said, may Allah have mercy on him: "Chapter on the etiquettes of the gathering and the companion. It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Do not ask someone to give up his seat in order to take it, but make accommodation wide and sit at ease.

لا يقيمن أحدكم رجلًا من مجلسه ثم يجلس فيه ولكن توسعوا وتفسحوا

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And Ibn 'Umar, when a man would rise for him from his seat, would not sit in it. Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. And it was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

If someone leaves his seat (for one reason or another) and returns to it, he is better entitled to it.

إذا قام أحدكم من مجلس ثم رجع إليه فهو أحق به

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Narrated by Muslim".

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author, may Allah have mercy on him, said in *Riyad al-Saliheen*: "Chapter on the etiquettes of gatherings and companions". The author, may Allah have mercy on him, established this chapter to clarify the etiquettes that a person should observe in his gatherings and with his companion. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned some of the etiquettes of gatherings in His Book, saying: The Islamic Shari'ah is a comprehensive law for everything people need in their religion and their worldly affairs. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: And Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) passed away, and there was no bird flapping its wings in the sky except that we were taught about it". Therefore, you will find that the Shari'ah has clarified the important, major issues of the religion, such as tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and what is connected to it in terms of creed, prayer, zakah (the obligatory alms), fasting, and Hajj (the major pilgrimage), as well as what is less than that, such as the etiquettes of sleep, eating, drinking, and gatherings. Then the author mentioned the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This means that if you enter a place and find it full, do not say, "So-and-so, get up," and then sit in his place. But if you must sit, say, "Make room, spread out." If they make room and spread out, then Allah the Exalted will expand for them . As for making a man rise and sitting in his place, this is not permissible. Even in the rows of prayer, if you see a person in the first row, it is not permissible for you to say, "Get up," and then sit in his place, even if he is a boy. He should pray, so it is not permissible for you to make him rise from his place and pray in it, because the hadith is general, and the boy must pray with the people and be in the place where he is.