If a person’s body protrudes during the tashahhud in prayer due to obesity, is it permissible for him to move backward to align with the row?
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The questioner : The fourth: Some bodies—naturally—like my case, for example, especially when the imam lines us up, he lines up the mosque on the string, on the edge of the string.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The questioner : We place our toes on the edge of the string, so the one whose body is as large as mine appears to protrude beyond the worshippers during the tashahhud. Is it obligatory for me to move back so that I am level with them, or do I remain in my position, protruding?
The Shaykh : If you are protruding in front so that you are not protruding in front, you will end up protruding in the back.
The questioner : Yes, that is it, hmm.
The Shaykh : Yes, stay as you are, as your Lord created you.
The questioner : Yes, sit as you are, meaning.
The Shaykh : Yes! Yes.
The questioner : That is the end, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed!
The questioner : We place our toes on the edge of the string, so the one whose body is as large as mine appears to protrude beyond the worshippers during the tashahhud. Is it obligatory for me to move back so that I am level with them, or do I remain in my position, protruding?
The Shaykh : If you are protruding in front so that you are not protruding in front, you will end up protruding in the back.
The questioner : Yes, that is it, hmm.
The Shaykh : Yes, stay as you are, as your Lord created you.
The questioner : Yes, sit as you are, meaning.
The Shaykh : Yes! Yes.
The questioner : That is the end, if Allah wills.
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