What is the ruling on gaps between the rows of the praying congregation?

Question:
Some people, when they pray, leave a gap between their rows and do not strive to close the gap. What is your advice? And should we pray next to them?

Answer:
This is a defect, a defect in the prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded the straightening of the rows and commanded closing the gaps by having a Muslim stand next to his Muslim brother, with no gap between them. Standing close together in the rows is one of the complements of the prayer. This gap is a defect in the prayer because Satan enters through the gaps and causes confusion for the worshippers. Do not leave a gap for Satan. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, or gaps for Satan. But we point out a phenomenon I see now from some people: when they stand in prayer, they spread their legs apart, they spread their legs apart beyond the usual, and they bother the person next to them on this side and that side. They take up space in the row, while people are in a tight space and crowded, and they take the place of two men because they spread their legs apart. This is not required and not prescribed. You stand in prayer in a normal way, you bring your legs close together and do not spread them apart. This is not from the Sunnah. The Sunnah is that you stand in a normal way. As for this action, it is from excessive effort. And it also involves harming people. You crowd the person next to you on this side and that side. And you take up space in the row. People need it. People need it. People pray in the streets and need the rows, so the Muslim must take this matter into consideration. Yes.