Position of Feet in the Prayer, continued…
More on the position of feet… Wa alaykum as-Salam, This has been covered in the recently republished Fiqh al-Imam. In addition to tacit approval not forming a Prophetic command: 1. An explicit Prophetic command mentions the shoulders touching. So this should be given far more emphasis than the feet, not the reverse. 2. An explicit Prophetic command stipulates: “I`tadilu” when standing in a prayer-row. I`tidal requires the proportional repose of the limbs whereby if a person is standing in i`tidal…