What Is the Ideal Distance Between the Feet During Prayer?

What is the ideal distance between the feet during prayer?

As there is no authentic hadith regarding the distance between feet while we are in qiyam, Islamic scholars expressed different opinions about the ideal distance.

According to the Hanafi school, the space between feet in qiyam should be as wide as four fingers (Shurunbulali, Maraqi al-falah, p. 95). According to the Shafi’i school, the distance between the feet should be around a hand span (Zakariyya Al-Ansari, Asna Al-Matalib, I, 162). According to Maliki and Hanbali schools, one should not open his feet too much but should not join them completely either (Zuhayli, al-Fiqh al-Islami, I, 695).

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWAS