Moving the index finger during the tashahhud
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does one move the index finger during the tashahhud, or is it not moved at all?
Answer:
By Allah, the scholars differ on this. What I have heard is that one is not required to move it; rather, one points with it only, without moving it. The point is that one points with it and does not move it. Some scholars say one moves it during the supplication. One moves it during the supplication. And some say one moves it constantly in every tashahhud. But in reality, the apparent middle path, despite being sound, is that one moves it during the supplication. This is the middle path: during the tashahhud and during the supplication. This is the middle path. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does one move the index finger during the tashahhud, or is it not moved at all?
Answer:
By Allah, the scholars differ on this. What I have heard is that one is not required to move it; rather, one points with it only, without moving it. The point is that one points with it and does not move it. Some scholars say one moves it during the supplication. One moves it during the supplication. And some say one moves it constantly in every tashahhud. But in reality, the apparent middle path, despite being sound, is that one moves it during the supplication. This is the middle path: during the tashahhud and during the supplication. This is the middle path. Yes.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [15] — alfawzan.live (1:13:05)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.