The Shaykh’s remarks on the error some people commit when moving the finger up and down during the tashahhud.

The Shaykh : I noticed that when you raise your finger and point with it, you raise it and lower it. What is established is the movement, not the raising and lowering. Perhaps you can visualize the difference with me. This is raising and lowering, which has no basis in the Sunnah. Rather, you should hold it upright facing the qiblah and move it in its place, without combining raising and lowering. This has no basis. Perhaps you can see what I am doing.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes, you move it in its place. As for this, it is called raising and lowering, and this has not been reported, not even in a weak hadith.

The questioner : Peace be upon you

The Shaykh-Welcome, and peace be upon you- I wanted to remind you, meaning

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And the reminder benefits the believers.

The questioner : A note, Shaykh. Everyone does it this way. Everyone lowers and raises it.

The Shaykh : No, you have wronged!

The questioner : Most of them, many.

The Shaykh : Ha, you corrected it, hehehe, oh Allah.