Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 2179
If A Man Gets Up From His Spot Then Comes Back To It, He Has More Right To It
Arabic hadith text
وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، وَقَالَ، قُتَيْبَةُ أَيْضًا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ،
- يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ - كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى
الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ " . وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ "مَنْ قَامَ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ
ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ "
Translation
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying
When anyone amongst you stands up, and in the badltb transmitted on the authority of Abu 'Awina, the words are:" He who stands in his place and (goes away) and then comes back to it, he his the greatest right (to occupy that).