Ruling on students standing up for the teacher

Question: 34851

It is customary when the teacher enters the classroom for the students to stand up as a sign of respect, and the teachers tell them to do that. Some teachers punish a student who does not stand up for them, and that is regarded as a kind of bad manners. What is the ruling on that?.

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

We have already discussed the ruling on standing up for one
who comes in, in question no.
34497. This
ruling includes students standing up for the teacher.

Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him)
said:

I have heard that many teachers tell the students to stand up
for them when they enter the classroom. Undoubtedly this goes against the
saheeh Sunnah.

It was proven that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever likes the people to stand up
for him, let him take his place in Hell.” Narrated by Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawood
and al-Tirmidhi from Mu’aawiyah (may Allaah be pleased with him) with a
saheeh isnaad. Imam Ahmad and al-Tirmidhi also narrated with a saheeh isnaad
from Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him): “No person was dearer to them
than the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), but when
they saw him they did not stand up for him because they knew that he
disliked that.”

So the Sunnah is not to stand up for teachers when they enter
classrooms, in accordance with these two hadeeth and other similar reports.

It is not permissible for the teacher to tell them to stand
up for him, because of the warning mentioned concerning that in the hadeeth
of Mu’aawiyah, and it is makrooh for the students to stand up, because of
the hadeeth of Anas quoted above. It is well known that all goodness is to
be found in following the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) and following his example and that of his
companions (may Allaah be pleased with them). May Allaah make us and you
among those who follow him in truth and help us to understand His religion
and adhere steadfastly to it.

Majallat al-Buhooth al-Islamiyyah,
26/347.

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