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Pointing without moving the index finger in the tashahhud
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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 (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam).

Shaykh Shaykh 'Abdur-Razzaaq 'Afeefee
Fataawa wa Rasaa.il Shaykh 'Abdur-Razzaaq 'Afeefee - Volume 1, Page 188-189, Fatwa No.19