How is the index finger positioned in the tashahhud?
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The Shaykh : How are the little finger, ring finger, thumb, and middle finger positioned? I am asking you?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How is it done? Say it with your tongue so that the people can hear.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : You fold the ring finger. Do you know the difference between the ring finger and the middle finger?
The questioner : I know the ring finger.
The Shaykh : Which one? Which one?
The questioner : The small one.
The Shaykh : The small one is the ring finger, or is it the middle finger?
The questioner : The small one is the ring finger.
The Shaykh : How do you say ring finger? Not "ba" before "kha"!
The questioner : The ring finger. The ring finger.
The Shaykh : Be sure!
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This is the middle finger. Be clear in the Arabic language: this is the middle finger and this is the ring finger, okay? Are you sure?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Did he make a mistake or did he get it right?
The student: He made a mistake.
The Shaykh : Heh, okay. The point is, this is the ring finger and this is the middle finger. What do you do with them in the tashahhud?
The questioner : I fold them.
The Shaykh : I fold them. Okay, what about the middle finger?
The questioner : The middle finger...
The Shaykh : With the thumb. I circle it with the thumb, or if you wish, you can fold it as well. The thumb? The thumb is either circled with the middle finger like this, or you fold it with the two and fold the thumb to them. This is the index finger; leave it like this, do not fold it and do not raise it. When the supplication comes, raise it, like "O Allah, send blessings upon..." raising it as a sign of the highness of the one being supplicated to, who is Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Is that clear?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. Left side?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : How is it done? Say it with your tongue so that the people can hear.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : You fold the ring finger. Do you know the difference between the ring finger and the middle finger?
The questioner : I know the ring finger.
The Shaykh : Which one? Which one?
The questioner : The small one.
The Shaykh : The small one is the ring finger, or is it the middle finger?
The questioner : The small one is the ring finger.
The Shaykh : How do you say ring finger? Not "ba" before "kha"!
The questioner : The ring finger. The ring finger.
The Shaykh : Be sure!
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : This is the middle finger. Be clear in the Arabic language: this is the middle finger and this is the ring finger, okay? Are you sure?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Did he make a mistake or did he get it right?
The student: He made a mistake.
The Shaykh : Heh, okay. The point is, this is the ring finger and this is the middle finger. What do you do with them in the tashahhud?
The questioner : I fold them.
The Shaykh : I fold them. Okay, what about the middle finger?
The questioner : The middle finger...
The Shaykh : With the thumb. I circle it with the thumb, or if you wish, you can fold it as well. The thumb? The thumb is either circled with the middle finger like this, or you fold it with the two and fold the thumb to them. This is the index finger; leave it like this, do not fold it and do not raise it. When the supplication comes, raise it, like "O Allah, send blessings upon..." raising it as a sign of the highness of the one being supplicated to, who is Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Is that clear?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. Left side?