Standing in the Presence of the Prophet (s.a.w.)
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-Fadhl Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Hajr al-‘Asqalani ( r.a. ), Imam Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi ( r.a. ), and Imam Abu Musa Muhammad ibn ‘Umar al-Asfahani ( r.a. ), amongst others, all agree that no one possessed of a heart and mind can object to standing for the sake of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), and that this is desirable and recommended, not only in the time of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), but until the end of time. Imam Abu Musa al-Asfahani ( r.a. ) passed away in 581 AH, more than five centuries after the time of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), and yet stood for him in the present tense and mentioned seeing him.