English
Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out leaning on a staff, and we stood for him. He said, ‘Do not stand 1 as the non-Arabs stand, honoring one another.’”
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “Do not stand as the non-Arabs stand”: It is said in Al-Mirqat: “Perhaps the explanation is that they stood in a formal manner, so he prohibited that and expressed it as standing in general for emphasis, or the intended meaning of standing is remaining standing.”
Note 1
(۱) قوله : لا تقوموا كما يقوم الأعاجم : قال في «المرقاة: لعل الوجه أن يقال: إنهم قاموا متمثلين، فنهاهم عن ذلك، وعبر عنه بمطلق القيام للمبالغة في المرام أو المراد بالقيام الوقوف.