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To: Smokin' Joe

www.answering-islam.org/Index/S/shahada.html


19 posted on 11/29/2015 10:28:49 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: blackdog
From that link: "Shahada is mentioned after "Allahu Akbar" and at the end of prayer. It is done with first finger of right hand extended as a witness to the unity of Allah."

The finger gesture is a sort of shorthand to the faithful.

20 posted on 11/29/2015 10:33:46 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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