The Legitimacy of the Resting Sitting and Its Place
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Your Eminence! You mentioned the resting sitting. It would be desirable if you could detail its place, Your Eminence, and its legitimacy?
Answer: The resting sitting is: a light sitting after the first unit of the five prayers, and after the third unit in the four-unit prayers, namely the midday, afternoon, and night prayers. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do it, as established in the hadith of Malik ibn al-Huwayrith and the hadith of Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi. The scholars differed on this matter; some considered it a recommended practice (sunnah) permanently in prayer, while others considered it a recommended practice (sunnah) only for the sick, the elderly, and interpreted the narrations regarding this matter in this sense. The stronger and more correct view is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah) absolutely, because it is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do it. So it is a recommended practice (sunnah), but it is a light sitting, like: the sitting between the two prostrations. There is no remembrance or supplication in it, but rather a light sitting and then one stands up. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Answer: The resting sitting is: a light sitting after the first unit of the five prayers, and after the third unit in the four-unit prayers, namely the midday, afternoon, and night prayers. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do it, as established in the hadith of Malik ibn al-Huwayrith and the hadith of Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi. The scholars differed on this matter; some considered it a recommended practice (sunnah) permanently in prayer, while others considered it a recommended practice (sunnah) only for the sick, the elderly, and interpreted the narrations regarding this matter in this sense. The stronger and more correct view is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah) absolutely, because it is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do it. So it is a recommended practice (sunnah), but it is a light sitting, like: the sitting between the two prostrations. There is no remembrance or supplication in it, but rather a light sitting and then one stands up. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
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