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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Moving the Finger in Prayer at Verses of Tawhid

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Question:
The other questioner says in his third question: What is the ruling on moving the finger when hearing a verse containing the oneness of Allah while I am praying, meaning after reciting Surat al-Fatihah or hearing it from the imam?

Answer:
As far as I know, regarding its basis, as far as I know, if one hears a verse containing the oneness of Allah, he should glorify Allah if he is in a voluntary prayer, or at the end of the recitation, or if the imam pauses, and likewise in the obligatory prayer if the imam pauses or at the end of the recitation, such as "He is the Almighty, the Wise" or "He is the Most Merciful, the Compassionate," and "Glorified is He." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would do this in his night prayer; when he passed a verse of glorification, he would glorify, and when he passed a verse of supplication, he would supplicate. So you do the same. As for the obligatory prayer, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pause; he would listen to the recitation. However, if he paused and supplicated, you would also supplicate. But the opinion in the obligatory prayer is not to pause, because it is not recorded of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that he paused in his recitation in the obligatory prayer. This was only recorded of him in his night prayer, because his night prayer was based on lengthening the recitation and humbling himself before Allah, and he was praying for himself. As for the imam, he prays for the people; if he paused at every verse containing supplication or glorification, it might lengthen the prayer for them and be burdensome for them. Yes.
Source فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١٦ — archive.org (31:33)

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