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Jami at-Tirmidhi 294 — Raising the Finger in Salah
What Has Been Related About Indicating With The Finger [During At-Tashah-hud]
Raising the Finger in Salah During Supplication
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 294
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 294
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، وَغَيْرُ، وَاحِدٍ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ وَرَفَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ الَّتِي تَلِي الإِبْهَامَ الْيُمْنَى يَدْعُو بِهَا وَيَدُهُ الْيُسْرَى عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ بَاسِطَهَا عَلَيْهِ . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَنُمَيْرٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَبِي حُمَيْدٍ وَوَائِلِ بْنِ حُجْرٍ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ ابْنِ عُمَرَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَالتَّابِعِينَ يَخْتَارُونَ الإِشَارَةَ فِي التَّشَهُّدِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَصْحَابِنَا .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
When The Prophet Would Sit During The Salat, He Would Place His Right Hand On His Knee, And Raise His Finger, The One That Is Next To The [Right] Thumb, Supplicating With It, And His Left Hand Was Spread Flat On His Left Knee.
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 294In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 146English translation : Vol. 1, Book 2, Hadith 294
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 294
This Hadith about raising the finger in Salah comes from Ibn Umar. He narrated that when the Prophet sat during prayer, he placed his right hand on his knee and raised the finger next to the right thumb, supplicating with it. His left hand was spread flat on his left knee. The report is specific and easy to picture. It connects the raised index finger with dua during the sitting. The text also mentions that some people of knowledge chose the finger indication in Tashahhud. For someone asking about the Tashahhud finger hadith, this narration gives the key detail: the right finger was raised while supplicating.
What we learn from this hadith
- The right hand and finger position are described in the sitting of prayer.
- The raised finger is linked with supplication in this Hadith.
- The left hand was placed flat on the left knee.
