Is it obligatory for the one praying to press his toes against the foot of the other person praying?

Question:
A questioner says: Is it obligatory for the one praying to press his toes against the feet of the other person praying, even though that bothers the other person and disturbs his prayer?

Answer:
This is a phenomenon that has occurred among some people. Those who claim that they act according to the Sunnah, but there is no basis for it. The method of spreading the legs and placing one's foot on the other person's foot is an excessive effort and a harm to the people praying, and it opens a gap in the row. A gap opens beneath it, and he wants to close the gap, but he is opening a gap in the row. So the one praying stands in his natural state on his feet, with them close together, and the other person stands close to him. So the defect is closed by the ma'mums (those praying behind the imam) standing close to one another, with their shoulders and heels aligned, and there being no opening between them. This is not by spreading the legs, but by the closeness between the people praying. Yes.