Ruling on students standing up for the teacher when he enters

Question:
I am a middle school teacher, and when I enter the classroom, the students stand up for me out of appreciation and respect, without my ordering them to do so. In fact, I dislike it. What is the ruling on this?

Answer:
This is what Shaykh Muhammad also pointed out, and it is the issue of standing up. This is something that came in the Sunnah as a prohibition. Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Companions, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered upon them, would not stand up for him because of what they knew of his dislike of that. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say:
Therefore, it is obligatory for the students, when the teacher enters, not to stand up, but rather to remain in their places, greet him, wish him a good morning, and wish him a good evening. As for their standing up for him in a standing manner, that is not permissible. The least of its states is severe dislike. And if he does not like it, it is not permissible for him to like it. And as long as the teacher does not like it, he is in a good state. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And in another wording: .
So the conclusion: If he does not like it, there is no blame on him, but he is obligated to admonish them and say to them: Do not do this. And if they know from him that he is sincere and that he does not approve of it, they will sit down. But I fear that his dislike is a claim and not a reality. If he truly did not like it, he would order them to sit and say to them: Do not stand up.
So the conclusion: This matter requires the teacher to alert them and say to them: Do not do this, do not stand up, and he should not be pleased with them. He should say: I am not pleased with you for doing this. If they see his sincerity, they will not stand up. They are not eager to stand up, but they do so out of fear of his anger, or that he will fail them, or that he will do things that harm them.
The conclusion is: if he is sincere about it and says to them: Do not stand up, they will not stand up. This is also obligatory upon the Ministry of Education; that it alerts the principals that this is not permissible, and that when the teacher enters, they do not stand up for him. And likewise for the girls; the school does not stand up for her. And the General Directorate of Education should alert them to this, so that this evil in the schools is removed.
As for standing up which means facing and meeting for a handshake, there is nothing wrong with that. If the teacher enters, and one person stands up to ask him about something, to shake his hand, to offer him a place, or to seat him in his place, or in one of the seats, and stands up to shake his hand and ask about his condition, there is nothing wrong with that.
Just as Talhah ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Tamimi, one of the ten promised Paradise, stood up when Ka'b ibn Malik entered, when Allah accepted his repentance and he came to the people, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the mosque with a gathering. When he saw Ka'b approaching, he stood up from the gathering, met him, shook his hand, and congratulated him on Allah's acceptance of his repentance. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not disapprove of him, nor did he say anything to him; this indicates its permissibility in this case.
And when Sa'd ibn Mu'adh the Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to judge the Banu Qurayzah, riding on a donkey, when he approached, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So they stood up to him, greeted him, and helped him down from his mount. And Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), when her father the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered, would stand up to him, take his hand, and seat him in her place. And when she entered upon him, he would stand up to her and take her hand, (peace and blessings be upon him).
This is if the standing is for meeting, facing, and shaking hands, or standing to walk with him until he leaves the place. There is no harm in that. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did it, and the Companions did it. The disapproved thing is that they stand up, then sit down, without a handshake or anything else. They only stand up to honor the one entering, then sit down. This is what the least of its states is dislike, or prohibition. And if he likes it, the one entering, and is pleased by it, and loves it, this is not permissible. And he has been threatened with the Fire for this thing. And it is not permissible for them to stand up. Standing up is disliked for them. And it is not permissible for him to like it, nor is it permissible for him to order them to do this thing. It is obligatory for him to forbid them from this thing, so that they sit down, and so that they become accustomed to this thing, which is sitting in their places, until he takes his place and begins the lesson, whether they are males or females.

Question: Some teachers say: Is this an alert for the students?

Answer: No; this is a Satanic doubt. They are alerted by his entry when he says: Peace be upon you. And if one person is dozing, he says: O so-and-so, wake up, pay attention to the lesson. There is nothing wrong with advising them and warning them against dozing.

Question: The honorable lecturer mentioned that standing up may lead to shirk (associating partners with Allah). And there are some officials who, if a person does not stand up for them, may become angry with him and punish him. What should I do with him?

Answer: He should be shown the clear meaning of this, and that standing up is not permissible. And the one who does not approve of it should be alerted. It is said to him: This is not permissible. If it were not that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked it, and you, praise be to Allah, are a follower of the Messenger, you would not like a thing that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) does not like.