The Importance of Tightening the Rows and Standing Close Together in Prayer

Question:
Some of the brothers spread their feet in prayer to a distance greater than an arm's length, and do not bring their shoulder close to the person next to them, and some of them place their hand near their neck. What is your opinion, Your Eminence, on this?

Answer:
It is obligatory for Muslims to stand tightly packed in the rows and close together, and to bring oneself close to the person next to them, without harming their brothers or leaving gaps. Rather, one should bring one's feet close together and fill the gaps between oneself and one's brothers. The hands should be placed on the chest only; this is the best. They should not be on the throat, on the chest, or under the collarbone.

Question : If you advise him, you say to him: "Tighten up a bit." He says: "Is there something wrong with it?"

Answer: He knows; this person is ignorant, this person is ignorant. If he learns from you and from others, good will come about, if Allah wills.

Question : Does he say it is the tightness in the grave?

Answer: No, no, even if... No, leaving a gap is not permissible, it is not permissible; it leads to opening up the space.