Is it prescribed to move the index finger during the tashahhud?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh Abu 'Abdullah, how should the index finger be held during the tashahhud, since some people exaggerate in moving it until they finish the prayer?
Answer:
He raises his index finger as a sign of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), raising it during supplication and during the tashahhud; this is the sunnah (recommended practice). As for moving it, the matter is easy: if he wishes, he moves it, and if he wishes, he does not move it. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh Abu 'Abdullah, how should the index finger be held during the tashahhud, since some people exaggerate in moving it until they finish the prayer?
Answer:
He raises his index finger as a sign of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), raising it during supplication and during the tashahhud; this is the sunnah (recommended practice). As for moving it, the matter is easy: if he wishes, he moves it, and if he wishes, he does not move it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6715- هل يشرع تحريك السبابة عند التشهد؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.