[Machine] You have hit the mark. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ indicate with his finger when he sat for the tashahhud in his prayer. The polytheists used to say that he was casting a spell on them and that the Prophet ﷺ only intended to establish monotheism.  

قَدْ أَصَبْتَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُشِيرُ بِأُصْبُعِهِ إِذَا جَلَسَ يَتَشَهَّدُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يَسْحَرُنَا وَإِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ التَّوْحِيدَ  

[Machine] And I placed my left hand on my left thigh and I placed my right hand on my right thigh, and I extended my index finger. Khalaf ibn Imaa ibn Rahdah Al-Ghifaari saw me doing that and he had companionship with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . When I finished my prayer, he said to me, "Why did you raise your finger like that?" So I said to him, "I saw the people doing that." He said, "Indeed, you have done right, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do that. And the polytheists used to say that Muhammad does magic with his finger, and they lied. Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do that to glorify and exalt His Lord."  

وَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي الْيُسْرَى عَلَى فَخِذِي الْيُسْرَى وَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِي الْيُمْنَى وَنَصَبْتُ أُصْبُعِي السَّبَابَةَ قَالَ فَرَآنِي خُفَافُ بْنُ إِيمَاءِ بْنِ رَحَضَةَ الْغِفَارِيُّ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفْتُ مِنْ صَلَاتِي قَالَ لِي لِمَ نَصَبْتَ إِصْبَعِكَ هَكَذَا؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ يَصْنَعُونَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ قَدْ أَصَبْتَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى يَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يَصْنَعُ هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ بِأُصْبُعِهِ لِيَسْحَرَ وَكَذَبُوا إِنَّمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ؛ لِمَا يُوَحِّدُ بِهَا رَبَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى  

[Machine] About Sufyan, so he mentioned them.  

عَنْ سُفْيَانَ فَذَكَرَهُنَّ  

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'This is how sincerity is pointed to,' and he pointed with his middle finger, which is next to the thumb. And this is the supplication,' and he raised his hands, level with his shoulders. And this is the pleading, and he raised his hands further up."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ هَكَذَا الْإِخْلَاصُ يُشِيرُ بِأُصْبُعِهِ الَّتِي تَلِي الْإِبْهَامَ وَهَذَا الدُّعَاءُ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَذْوَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ وَهَذَا الِابْتِهَالُ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ مَدًّا