Does the pointing gesture in the tashahhud contradict the movement of the finger?
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The Shaykh : And the pointing gesture is never compatible with the movement. No, let us first discuss the language, and then apply it to our case. If a man said, "I saw so-and-so pointing to his companion from afar, indicating to him to come to me," he would be truthful in his statement. If another speaker came and said, "It is the same story; he pointed to his companion and moved his hand," it would not be said that this contradicts the first. The first mentioned the word for pointing; it is possible that this word includes the movement, and it is possible that it does not. So when the narration of the trustworthy narrator says, "He pointed with his finger, and I saw him moving his hand with it," this is like saying today, "He put the dots on the letters," meaning he clarified the intended meaning of the pointing. This is from one aspect. From another aspect, the one who narrated the movement is, as I recall, Zayd ibn Qudamah, and he narrates it from his shaykh, 'Asim ibn Kulayb. 'Asim narrates it from his father, Kulayb, and Kulayb narrates it from the noble Companion, Wa'il ibn Hujr al-Yamani. So when we study the biography of Zayd ibn Qudamah, we find that they mention in it that he had a special concern for the precision and preservation of the hadith of 'Asim ibn Kulayb from his father from Wa'il. For this reason and that reason, we adopted this addition and did not consider it a contradiction or a contradiction to that other narration which was limited to mentioning the pointing and did not specify the movement. Praise be to Allah. Do you want to go? I apologize to you. Where is our brother Khalid? Please allow us to leave, because my son is traveling tomorrow, and Allah has written for him a portion that he will eat from your food and drink from your drink. May Allah reward us all with good. And Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. I bear witness that there is no deity but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
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