The opening takbir while sitting in a fard prayer

Question

If a person, without an excuse, says the takbir al-tahrima of a fard prayer while sitting and immediately stands up, will his prayer be valid or not?

Answer

[ar]لو قال المصنف: فرضها التحريمة قائمًا، لكان أولى، لأن الافتتاح لا يصح إلا في حالة القيام، حتى لو كبر قاعدًا ثم قام لا يصير شارعًا، لأن القيام فرض حالة الافتتاح[/ar] “Had the author said, ‘Its fard is the tahrima while standing,’ it would have been better, because the opening [of the prayer] is valid only in the standing position; so that if he said the takbir while sitting…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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