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HOW TO MOVE THE FINGER IN TASHAHHUD?

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HOW TO MOVE THE FINGER IN TASHAHHUD? – SHAIKH AL-ALBANI

Question: What is the way of moving the finger in Salah-in the Tashahhud?

Answer: There is the Hadith of Wa’il ibn Hujr that he saw the Prophet sallahu alayhi wa salam when he sat in Tashahhud in Salah. He said:

فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُحَرِّكُهَا يَدْعُو بِهَا ‏

“So I saw him moving it, supplicating with it” [Saheeh Sunan Nasai no. 888]

This movement does not mean lowering and raising and this did not come in a Hadith at all. As for the intent of the movement, then it is a movement in its place. It is authentic from Imam Ahmad rahimahullah that he said: “He moves it vigorously“.

[Fataawa al-‘Emaaraat no. 4]

Translated by Faisal ibn Abdul Qaadir ibn Hassan

Straightening the rows:

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Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

But if the imam turns round and sees that the rows are straight and solid (with no gaps), and the people are standing in straight rows, then it seems that he should not tell them to straighten the rows, because that has been done – unless he intends thereby to tell them to keep it like that – because these words have a meaning, they are not just words that are to be said for no purpose.

As’ilat al-baab il-Maftooh, no. 62.