ANALYSISOFTHENARRATIONSABOUTPOINTINGATWITIIFINGERINTIIE SALUTATIONS OF TilE PRAYER AND JURISPRUDENTIAİ. APPRACHES
Abstract
Muslims have learned the matters related to the prayer which has the most im portance among the worships
in Islam from the Prophet {pbuh) himself. There are a lot of narratives in the sources of hadith
about po inting iıt with the index finger of the right hand in the two salutations during prayer. It is very
im portant to examine the correctness of these.narratives to sh~w that they can be put into practice. While
most of the Muslim scholars and jurlsprudents depending on those narratives accepted that pointing at
with the index finger during the salutations is sunnah or muStahab, some others who have authority to
give fatwa claimed that it is makruh or haram {forbiğden). Today while some of Muslims adopt the opinion
of the majority of the Muslim scholars, the others have adopted the opinion of the second group who
have claimed that this application is makruh {detested) or haram {forbidden). Eventhere have been some
persons who went to extremes and broke the fuigers of those·people pointing at with finger during the
salutations.
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Primary Language
English
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Sami Şahin
This is me
Publication Date
December 15, 2010
Submission Date
October 15, 2010
Acceptance Date
November 15, 2010
Published in Issue
Year 2010 Volume: 14 Number: 2