If we assume that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) drank while standing after the prohibition was revealed, is it sufficient for us to interpret the prohibition and move it from prohibition to disapproval?

The Shaykh : Now, let us assume that we have knowledge that he drank after being prohibited from drinking while standing. Is this sufficient for us to interpret the prohibition and move it from prohibition to disapproval? We say: No, it is not sufficient on its own. Why? Because it allows for two possibilities. If we can rule out the possibility, we say that the prohibition is for disapproval. But if we cannot, the first possibility is that this may have been a specific privilege for him (peace be upon him) to drink while standing. Allah permitted him more than that; He forbade us to marry more than four women, but He permitted him as many women as He willed. So, there is a possibility that this was a specific privilege. The second possibility is that it was for an excuse. We have examples in the actual hadiths where it appears strongly that he did so for an excuse. For example, he drank from Zamzam while standing. Those who perform Hajj and see the crowds during Hajj find that they have no choice but to drink while standing, especially if you remember the guidance of the Messenger (peace be upon him) in his humility. He was such that among his companions, one could not tell if he was this one or that one. As Abdullah ibn Qudamah al-'Amiri, one of the Companions of the Messenger who performed Hajj with the Messenger on the Farewell Pilgrimage, described the Messenger (peace be upon him): "He would walk among his companions to the rites, saying: 'No pushing, and no 'this way, this way.'"
The student: Allah is the Greatest!

The Shaykh : Look at your rulers today. What are they doing to you now? They block all the roads. In my time, once I was able to go to Riyadh. This was the first time I traveled between Makkah and Riyadh, and I heard the sound of a horn. What was it? The Prince... was passing. And what happened? All the roads were cleared because the Prince's car needed to pass. This reminds me of this hadith regarding this violation: "No pushing, and no 'this way, this way.'" Clear the road, move aside, there is nothing of this sort.
The student : ... .

The Shaykh : Ah, if the Messenger (peace be upon him) was at this level of humility, then drinking from Zamzam while standing, this is the natural thing: to drink while standing. This is an example from the hadiths where he drank while standing. Another hadith, this is a hadith agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. Another hadith in Sunan al-Tirmidhi.

The questioner : Shaykh, where is this other hadith...?

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : Where is this hadith?

The Shaykh : In the Sunan and in "Musnad Ahmad."

The questioner : Is this its end, our Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Yes, the point is that "he (peace be upon him) came to a suspended water skin, untied its stopper, and drank from it ." A suspended water skin. They hang it up. You know, you Bedouins, no, you are not Bedouins, may Allah protect us.
The student : They are Bedouins.

The Shaykh : No, no, the point is they hang this water skin on the tents, and the wind plays with it, and they drink water that is as cold as it gets and as pure as it gets. And this is the most important thing, meaning natural cooling. So, untie the stopper, meaning the tie, so that there is no insect or something, and he drank from it. So, this is an excuse. Therefore, in two possibilities, either he drank from it as it happened to him due to the intensity of the crowd, or the container was suspended. This is on the assumption that this was after what? The prohibition. Then, there is something else that prevents us and stands between us and interpreting the prohibition as being for disapproval, and we are forced to say that the incidents of the Messenger drinking while standing either occurred before the prohibition or they were for an excuse. It is not possible to interpret the prohibition as being for disapproval, for what will follow: First, in a narration in "Sahih Muslim": "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade drinking while standing." And forbidding (zajr) does not accept the interpretation that prohibition (nahy) accepts, because forbidding is strong prohibition. This is one. Second, the Messenger (peace be upon him) said: .

The questioner : Whoever drank while standing.

The Shaykh, and finally, a hadith, this is in "Sahih Muslim," a hadith in "Musnad Imam Ahmad": that he saw a man drinking while standing, and he said to him: . He said: No. He said: Then one who is worse than you has drunk with you; Satan . Then he said to him or to someone else: . This is said to one who has come with a permissible matter. The matter is over. What else do you have?

The questioner : Seeking refuge.

The Shaykh : A doubt?
The student : A doubt. I said perhaps it is a doubt regarding seeking refuge. I said to me perhaps there is a doubt, meaning my hearing or reading of this hadith.

The Shaykh : What do you want with this hadith? May Allah guide you.

The questioner : Okay, our Shaykh.

The Shaykh : I am telling you what issues remain.

The questioner : Seeking refuge, yes.

The Shaykh : What I want to tell you is, I am the one who opened the door for you in the gatherings of knowledge. Five minutes and the adhan will end. This needs a quarter of an hour.