The Shaykh’s warning to a man he observed committing two deviations in prayer: first, that he does not raise his hands when going down into prostration, and second, that he extends his finger during the tashahhud without moving it

The Shaykh : It is not necessary that it be from his own words; rather, the meaning is, “Allah is the Greatest.” This is a problem; this opens a very dangerous door. Therefore, what saves you from this problem is to say that the original, whether we start from below, starting from below from the poet, we say this speech to the poet in wording and meaning, then so-and-so, Zayd, Bakr, 'Amr, and so on, then with the Master of Mankind (peace and blessings be upon him), then the divine speech not confined to the Noble Qur'an. This is his speech. No, by Allah, the narrators differ. There is no power or strength except in Allah, just as they differ in ordinary hadiths, as the professor indicated earlier. But when we stand before a text where there is no disagreement, we say this is the speech of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in wording and meaning. When we stand before a hadith qudsi, “The covenant is not far from you” , this is not the speech of Allah. This is a very big problem. From here, trials and desires enter the hearts of people. And as that poet said: “And he who considers the fire small, and he who considers the fire great, is only he who considers the sparks small.” So beware, and beware.
And peace be upon you.
The student : May Allah reward you with good.
Another student: May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Ah, I now remember something. I saw one of our brothers, and it is not necessary that I identify him, may he identify himself and clarify it, because knowledge does not accept compromise or evasion. I saw two deviations in some of our brothers, one of which may have been due to negligence, and the other may have been due to opinion and independent legal reasoning. As for the first one, which was due to negligence, which was due to negligence, it is that our imam used to raise his hands, may Allah reward him with good, reminding us, – as things go – reminding us of the sunnah that many of the Salafis, let alone the masses, have neglected, which is raising the hands when going down into prostration. So he, may Allah reward him with good, used to raise them sometimes. Whoever notices this raising kills two birds with one stone: he revives this sunnah and follows the imam. This may have been negligence on the part of the one I am referring to in my speech. If he did not notice, he is excused. But I saw him, and it may be due to an opinion of his, which is that he extended his finger. We also extend it, but he continued in the extension without what? Moving it. We want to hear his perspective now so that we can cooperate in righteousness and piety and in correct knowledge.
The student : Allah is the Greatest. May Allah reward you with good.
Another student: O Shaykh, this matter was discussed between this brother you are referring to and Shaykh Ali Hasan, and it lasted about three days.

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student : But it seems that the man is on the verge of moving his finger.

The Shaykh : If Allah wills.
The student : If Allah wills, it may be tomorrow, if Allah wills, or it may be after this meeting ends.
Another student: There was, by the grace of Allah, a message that came to you from a Moroccan brother.

The Shaykh : What?
The student : The illumination regarding moving the finger when pointing.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : A nice message of six or seven pages.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : But this message is, I mean, truly kind.

The Shaykh : Good, yes.
The student : Ah, by Allah, I wish you would give it to me. No, no, Sami took pictures of it, I think. You took pictures of it.
Another student: Yes, indeed.
The student : I wish you would give it to the brothers, because it contains, I mean, a summary of the matter, truly, in the best possible way.