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خُفَافُ بْنُ إِيمَاءَ بْنِ رَحَضَةَ الْغِفَارِيُّ وَهُوَ خُفَافُ بْنُ إِيمَاءَ بْنِ رَحَضَةَ بْنِ قَحْلَانَ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ غِفَارٍ

tabarani:4176Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > ʿUbayd b. Yaʿīsh > Yūnus b. Bukayr > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > ʿImrān b. Abū Anas > Miqsam > Khufāf b. Īmāʾ b. Raḥaḍah al-Ghifārī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to point with his index finger when he sat at the end of his prayer. The polytheists used to say that he was using magic, but they were lying. However, it was actually a sign of monotheism.  

الطبراني:٤١٧٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ يَعِيشَ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ أَبِي أَنَسٍ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنْ خُفَافِ بْنِ إِيمَاءَ بْنِ رَحَضَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا جَلَسَ فِي آخِرِ صَلَاتِهِ يُشِيرُ بِأُصْبُعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ» وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَقُولُونَ يَسْحَرُ بِهَا وَكَذَبُوا وَلَكِنَّهُ التَّوْحِيدُ