What is the ruling on tasbih (remembrance of Allah) with a misbaha (prayer beads)?
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Question:
The questioner says: What is the ruling on tasbih (remembrance of Allah) using a misbaha (prayer beads)? Is it permissible or not?
Answer:
Let him take it as a sunnah (recommended practice), not as something that is not permissible. This is a bid'ah (religious innovation). As for the one who uses it only as something permissible, but it is better for him to recite tasbih with his fingers; reciting tasbih with his fingers is better. And if he recites tasbih and counts the tasbih with pebbles or with a misbaha, there is no harm in that, except if he believes that the misbaha has a special virtue, then that is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner says: What is the ruling on tasbih (remembrance of Allah) using a misbaha (prayer beads)? Is it permissible or not?
Answer:
Let him take it as a sunnah (recommended practice), not as something that is not permissible. This is a bid'ah (religious innovation). As for the one who uses it only as something permissible, but it is better for him to recite tasbih with his fingers; reciting tasbih with his fingers is better. And if he recites tasbih and counts the tasbih with pebbles or with a misbaha, there is no harm in that, except if he believes that the misbaha has a special virtue, then that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم التسبيح بالسبحة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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