Seating

Sitting on chairs and benches is recommended

"It is pleasing to God that ye should seat yourselves on chairs and benches as a mark of honour for the love ye bear for Him and for the Manifestation of His glorious and resplendent Cause."

(Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, par. 154 154)

Blssed is he who seats himself in silence to listen to the verses of God in the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár

"Blessed is he who, at the hour of dawn, centring his thoughts on God, occupied with His remembrance, and supplicating His forgiveness, directeth his steps to the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár and, entering therein, seateth himself in silence to listen to the verses of God, the Sovereign, the Mighty, the All-Praised."

(Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, par. 115 115)

Seating oneself by door while coveting the seat of honor is vain and heedless

"Amongst the people is he who seateth himself amid the sandals by the door whilst coveting in his heart the seat of honour. Say: What manner of man art thou, O vain and heedless one, who wouldst appear as other than thou art?"

(Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, par. 36 36)

"Traditionally in the East it has been the practice to remove sandals and shoes before entering a gathering. The part of a room farthest from the entrance is regarded as the head of the room and a place of honour where the most prominent among those present are seated. Others sit in descending order towards the door, by which the shoes and sandals have been left and where the most lowly would sit."

(Notes to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, no. 59)

See also

• Pulpits
• Recitation of 95 Alláh-u-Abhás (to seat oneself)
• Obligatory Prayer (long) (to seat oneself)
• Substitution for missed obligatory prayer (to seat oneself)