Aboo Hurayrah radhiyallahu anhu narrates that the Apostle of Allah sallallahu alayhi wasallam used to sit with us in the mosque, and he would talk to us. Then, we all used to stand up when he rose (to leave for home), and remain standing until we had seen him entering an apartment among the apartments of his wives.

COMMENTARY:
The noble Prophet's (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) not stopping the Companions from standing up as he rose to leave for home, shows that he did not consider it improper, though, as stated earlier, he did not like anyone to stand up when he came. In our view, the difference between the two positions is that while to stand up on the Prophet's (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) arrival was solely out of respect which was displeasing to him, to do so when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam rose to leave was for the reason that the assembly had ended, and those who were present, too, had to go, and hence he did not object to it.

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