In the Name of Allāh, the Entirely Gracious, the Exclusively Merciful

📩 Question:

The questioner asks: What is the ruling of standing up for someone who has come from a journey or other than a journey?

📝 The answer:

If he has come, regardless of it being from a journey or other than a journey, and he stood up in order to shake his hand or hug him, then there is no problem. The standing up is not for the man himself rather the standing up is for the greeting or the hugging, hence this is permissible and there is no issue.

It has been authentically established on the authority of Hasan al-Basri with al-Bayhaqi with an authentic chain of transmission, and it has come on the authority of Anas with Al-Tabrani with a chain of transmission which is acceptable that they both said:
(كان أصحاب النبي ﷺ إذا التقوا تصافحوا، وإذا قدِموا من سفر تعانقوا)
“The companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) would shake hands if they met, and when they would return from a journey they would hug”

So a standing person hugging a seated person is not something which is ordinary, and it also leads to the standing person needing to bow down, so that which is best is for him to stand, and there is no issue with this standing as it is not a standing in order to venerate the man and neither for the purpose of worship. Not the standing of worship, nor the standing of veneration rather it is standing for another purpose.

As the Prophet (ﷺ) said as has come in the Saheehayn on the authority of ‘A’ishah (رضي الله عنها):
(لما جاء سعد بن معاذ رضي الله عنه، قال: "قُومُوا إِلَى سَيِّدِكُمْ)
“When Sa’d bin Mu’aadh (رضي الله عنه) came he said: “stand up for your chief”
i.e. to lower him from his donkey, because he was injured and so that they can receive him.

Also in the Saheehayn when K’ab bin Malik (رضي الله عنه) repented when Allah revealed with regards to his repentance, Talha bin ‘Ubaydullah (رضي الله عنه) stood up to run towards him. He (Ka’b) said: “until he shook my hand and congratulated me.” He stood and ran towards him and so Ka’b never forgot this gesture from Talha.

This standing is for incidental matters, not for venerating him. As for standing in order to venerate the person then this is impermissible. It has come in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad on the authority of Mu’aawiyah bin Abi Sufyaan (رضي الله عنه) that the Prophet ﷺ said:
(مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَمْثُلَ لَهُ عِبَادُ اللَّهِ قِيَامًا، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ)
“Let him who likes people to stand up before him prepare his place in Hell.”
i.e. a man being venerated, and he desires from the people to stand up for his coming, this is Haram, and due to this it has come in the Sunan of Abu Dawud on the authority of Anas (رضي الله عنه) who said:
ما كان أحد أحبَ إليهم، من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، وكانوا لا يقومون له، لما يعلمون من كراهيته لذلك.
“There was no person more beloved to them than the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and they would not stand when they saw him because they knew that he disliked that."
i.e. the standing of veneration as is done by the disbelievers for their kings whereby they rise up and stand erected in front of him.

Hence, standing for an incidental purpose is ok, whilst standing in order to venerate the person is Haram. Furthermore, that which they do in schools whereby they make them stand up for the teacher when he enters by way of veneration, then this also is included in the Haram. As for standing for the purpose of exercise as is done in the school playgrounds, then this is allowed and prescribed, and as for remaining still which they call ‘waqfatu ‘alam’ standing still for the flag, then this is impermissible and it is an imitation of the enemies of Islam.

Original Fatwa:
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In the Name of Allāh, the Entirely Gracious, the Exclusively Merciful

📩 Question:

The questioner asks: What is the ruling of standing up for someone who has come from a journey or other than a journey?

📝 The answer:

If he has come, regardless of it being from a journey or other than a journey, and he stood up in order to shake his hand or hug him, then there is no problem. The standing up is not for the man himself rather the standing up is for the greeting or the hugging, hence this is permissible and there is no issue.

It has been authentically established on the authority of Hasan al-Basri with al-Bayhaqi with an authentic chain of transmission, and it has come on the authority of Anas with Al-Tabrani with a chain of transmission which is acceptable that they both said:
(كان أصحاب النبي ﷺ إذا التقوا تصافحوا، وإذا قدِموا من سفر تعانقوا)
“The companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) would shake hands if they met, and when they would return from a journey they would hug”

So a standing person hugging a seated person is not something which is ordinary, and it also leads to the standing person needing to bow down, so that which is best is for him to stand, and there is no issue with this standing as it is not a standing in order to venerate the man and neither for the purpose of worship. Not the standing of worship, nor the standing of veneration rather it is standing for another purpose.

As the Prophet (ﷺ) said as has come in the Saheehayn on the authority of ‘A’ishah (رضي الله عنها):
(لما جاء سعد بن معاذ رضي الله عنه، قال: "قُومُوا إِلَى سَيِّدِكُمْ)
“When Sa’d bin Mu’aadh (رضي الله عنه) came he said: “stand up for your chief”
i.e. to lower him from his donkey, because he was injured and so that they can receive him.

Also in the Saheehayn when K’ab bin Malik (رضي الله عنه) repented when Allah revealed with regards to his repentance, Talha bin ‘Ubaydullah (رضي الله عنه) stood up to run towards him. He (Ka’b) said: “until he shook my hand and congratulated me.” He stood and ran towards him and so Ka’b never forgot this gesture from Talha.

This standing is for incidental matters, not for venerating him. As for standing in order to venerate the person then this is impermissible. It has come in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad on the authority of Mu’aawiyah bin Abi Sufyaan (رضي الله عنه) that the Prophet ﷺ said:
(مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَمْثُلَ لَهُ عِبَادُ اللَّهِ قِيَامًا، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ)
“Let him who likes people to stand up before him prepare his place in Hell.”
i.e. a man being venerated, and he desires from the people to stand up for his coming, this is Haram, and due to this it has come in the Sunan of Abu Dawud on the authority of Anas (رضي الله عنه) who said:
ما كان أحد أحبَ إليهم، من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، وكانوا لا يقومون له، لما يعلمون من كراهيته لذلك.
“There was no person more beloved to them than the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and they would not stand when they saw him because they knew that he disliked that."
i.e. the standing of veneration as is done by the disbelievers for their kings whereby they rise up and stand erected in front of him.

Hence, standing for an incidental purpose is ok, whilst standing in order to venerate the person is Haram. Furthermore, that which they do in schools whereby they make them stand up for the teacher when he enters by way of veneration, then this also is included in the Haram. As for standing for the purpose of exercise as is done in the school playgrounds, then this is allowed and prescribed, and as for remaining still which they call ‘waqfatu ‘alam’ standing still for the flag, then this is impermissible and it is an imitation of the enemies of Islam.

Original Fatwa:
https://t.me/ibnhezam/16285

#Fatwas_on_adab_ettiquetes
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