Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Mus'ab bin Shaybah narrates from his father that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a person arrives at a gathering and space is made for him, he should sit down; otherwise, he should look for the place that is more spacious and sit there."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When any one of you gets up from a gathering and then returns, he is more entitled to that place."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When three people are together, two of them should not whisper to each other excluding the third."

Saeed Maqbari says: A man was talking to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), and I also went and sat there. Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) struck his hand on my chest and said: "Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'When two people are having a private conversation, do not sit with them without their permission.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade sitting between two people without their permission.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that when we would come to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), we would sit wherever the gathering ended.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "No man should stand up from his seat for another, rather make space in the gathering for each other, Allah the Exalted will grant you spaciousness."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him), he says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “No man should sit in the lap of another man in the presence of his own son.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No man should make his brother stand up on Friday and then sit in his place, rather he should say: Make room in the gathering."