Spreading the Arms and Its Ruling in Prayer

Question
What is spreading the arms and what is its ruling in prayer?
Answer

It is to spread one's arms while in the state of prostration and not to lift them off the ground, nor to distance them, and it is disliked. See: Bada'i al-Sana'i 1: 215.

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