Pointing without moving the index finger in the tashahhud

Reference: Fataawa wa Rasaa.il Shaykh ‘Abdur-Razzaaq ‘Afeefee – Volume 1, Page 188-189, Fatwa No.19

Question: What is the ruling regarding moving the [index] finger [of the right hand] during the tashahhud?

Should it be moving or is it sufficient to point without moving it?

Response: Whilst it is better to move [the finger], both are from the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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