The ruling on moving the index finger in all tashahhud
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Question:
May Allah bless you. The questioner says in his second question: In the first and second tashahhud, some people move the index finger in different directions. Is it necessary for me to make this movement, knowing that I do not do so? Please guide me on this.
Answer:
Moving the index finger continuously while sitting for the tashahhud, without stopping the movement, is not appropriate and is not prescribed, as it appears. The correct practice is to move it when the Name of Allah is mentioned in the tashahhud or in supplication. For example, if he says, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah," he raises and moves it as a sign of tawhid (the oneness of Allah). And if he says, "I seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of the Hellfire," he raises and moves it slightly, also as a sign of tawhid. The point is that he moves it when the Name of Allah passes in his dhikr in the final tashahhud. Yes.
May Allah bless you. The questioner says in his second question: In the first and second tashahhud, some people move the index finger in different directions. Is it necessary for me to make this movement, knowing that I do not do so? Please guide me on this.
Answer:
Moving the index finger continuously while sitting for the tashahhud, without stopping the movement, is not appropriate and is not prescribed, as it appears. The correct practice is to move it when the Name of Allah is mentioned in the tashahhud or in supplication. For example, if he says, "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah," he raises and moves it as a sign of tawhid (the oneness of Allah). And if he says, "I seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of the Hellfire," he raises and moves it slightly, also as a sign of tawhid. The point is that he moves it when the Name of Allah passes in his dhikr in the final tashahhud. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم تحريك السبابة في جميع التشهد – الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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