Is it necessary to press the feet together during prayer?
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Your question has two possibilities:
1. A man pressing his foot against his companion's foot in the prayer line: This is a desirable act, based on the of Nu'man ibn Bashir: "I saw a man pressing his shoulder against his companion's shoulder and his ankle against his ankle." 2. A worshipper pressing his foot against his other foot: This is disliked. He should keep them slightly apart, neither bringing them too close nor moving them too far apart.
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