When raising the hands to the level of the shoulders or the ears in prayer, should they be close to the shoulder and ear or far from them?

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If I raise my hands to the level of the shoulders or the ears, should they be close to the shoulder and ear or far from them?

The Shaykh:
Close, they should be close to the shoulder and the ear, yes. Why would they be far? Yes.

The questioner:
And is it necessary, may Allah preserve you, to touch the ear when saying the takbir?

The Shaykh:
No, my brother, no, you do not touch the ear, or rest it on the shoulder, no, or on the ear, no, yes.