Is closing the gaps by placing feet and shoulders together an obligatory sunnah in congregational prayer?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, in congregational prayer, is closing the gaps by placing feet and shoulders together an obligatory sunnah?
Answer:
Yes, closing the gaps is obligatory, but it is not closing the gaps by spreading out, as some of the young men do, spreading their legs and taking up the space of three men, and bothering those next to them. Closing the gaps is by drawing close, my brothers, draw close, draw close, so that no gap remains between you. It is not closing the gaps by spreading out. Spreading the legs, yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, in congregational prayer, is closing the gaps by placing feet and shoulders together an obligatory sunnah?
Answer:
Yes, closing the gaps is obligatory, but it is not closing the gaps by spreading out, as some of the young men do, spreading their legs and taking up the space of three men, and bothering those next to them. Closing the gaps is by drawing close, my brothers, draw close, draw close, so that no gap remains between you. It is not closing the gaps by spreading out. Spreading the legs, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [286 -521] هل سد الفرج بإلصاق الأقدام والمناكب هو سنة واجبة في صلاة الجماعة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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