Another question about prayer?

Question

Before every salah, the imam tells us to please pray foot to foot and shoulder to shoulder. Yet, there will be several people who are standing a foot away, and sometimes even by themselves. Why is this? It can be very confusing to new Muslims to see this.

Answer 1

I only got to learn that a few years back when I was in Saudi.

(I noticed on several prayers in workplace in Saudi, I kept asking myself, why are these guys next to me touch my toe with his everytime we're about begin our prayer? Serously I did'nt know about this custom. lol!)

Answer 2

prayer is only to be prayed on your knees or prostrate before the Lord. Your waisting your time and breath if you think any prayer to anyone else is any good.

Answer 3

Just cause they are Ignorant and Do not Know the basic things about prayer ! Even i dont touch my feet to the person next to me !

Answer 4

you're a muslim?? wtf you better not be in america right now.

Answer 5

when u pray, if it is with jamaat then u shouldn't leave space betweeen u and the person next to u bcuz they say that satan comes in between... but once u start ur prayer I think it is better not to move.. u kno like take steps to move down the aisle

Answer 6

simply out of ignorance.  you imam is correct, but for women especially there is a problem because they (some of them) are not used to praying in the mosque so they are unfamiliar with the etiquette of congregational prayer.

Answer 7

I think some people when they go to the Masjed,they don't smell good really, so that's why

but those who leave space without any reason they are just ignorant