The ruling on spreading the hands during prostration if it causes harm

The questioner : In the reports of the compilers, some argued using the hadith that if a camel wanted to pass in front of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was in prostration, it would pass through the space of the spread hands, where a person widens the distance between his hands and his sides to a large extent, such that if a camel wanted to pass, it could. As for bringing them together while maintaining the spread, that is not a problem.

The Shaykh : No, it is not bringing them together; the Sunnah is to spread them while raising the back. Also, spreading them is a Sunnah as long as it does not cause harm. If it causes harm, such as if a person is in the middle of the row and fears that he will harm his companion, he should not do it, because it is not befitting to perform a Sunnah that results in harm and disturbance to others. And if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade his companions from raising their voices over one another out of fear of harm, then this is even more so.

The questioner : How, Shaykh, does it pass with your back? And you sell at a large limit? How does it pass?

The Shaykh : Yes, but spread it like this. And this is also invalid for him; some people do it like this and leave the fingers almost facing each other, and this is wrong. What is befitting is that the fingers should be toward the qiblah.