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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Tawruk in prayer when it causes discomfort to the person beside you

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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: Tawruk is a recommended practice (sunnah), but if it causes discomfort to the person beside you, should one perform tawruk?

Answer:
If it causes discomfort to the person beside you, do not perform tawruk. Keep your body close and do not crowd the person beside you. This is a matter that some young people or some ignorant people overlook, and they cause discomfort to the person beside them in various ways. First, when standing, they spread their legs wide and take up the space of two or three people. This is an excessive effort not commanded by Allah; it causes discomfort to those beside us.
The second thing is that when prostrating, he moves his hands like this, as if they were airplane wings, extending them and causing discomfort to those beside us. This is not permissible. The third is that he performs tawruk while causing discomfort. This is not permissible. None of these are permissible. So you must be considerate of your neighbors and not crowd them. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Source شرح زاد المستقنع [55] — alfawzan.live (1:26:57)

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