What is the ruling on placing shoulder against shoulder during prayer?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Do we understand from the hadiths and from the words of Imam Ahmad that it is obligatory to place shoulder against shoulder?
The Shaykh:
Yes, and what fills the gap is only when the shoulder is next to the shoulder with no space between them. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable, very honorable.
The Shaykh:
What is difficult for some people is difficult for the ma'mum (those praying behind the imam); he enters between them and crowds them, causing them discomfort in ruku' (bowing) and sujud (prostration). This is a harmful closeness. The closeness that does not cause harm is a sunnah (recommended practice) and is required. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Do we understand from the hadiths and from the words of Imam Ahmad that it is obligatory to place shoulder against shoulder?
The Shaykh:
Yes, and what fills the gap is only when the shoulder is next to the shoulder with no space between them. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable, very honorable.
The Shaykh:
What is difficult for some people is difficult for the ma'mum (those praying behind the imam); he enters between them and crowds them, causing them discomfort in ruku' (bowing) and sujud (prostration). This is a harmful closeness. The closeness that does not cause harm is a sunnah (recommended practice) and is required. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [119 -582] ما حكم إلصاق المنكب بالمنكب عند الصلاة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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