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What is the ruling on spreading the fingers when saying the Takbir or the Takbirat al-Ihram in prayer?

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The prayer is not invalidated by joining or spreading the fingers during the takbir. Scholars have differed on the manner of placing the fingers during the takbirat al-ihram and the transitional takbirat. Some preferred joining them, while others preferred spreading them.

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