(12) باب إِذَا قَامَ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ
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).
Reference: Sahih Muslim 2179
In-book reference: Book 39, Hadith 43
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 26, Hadith 5414