What is the ruling on tasbih (remembrance of Allah) with a misbaha (prayer beads)?

Question : Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on what is called the misbaha (prayer beads)?

Answer : Yes, the ruling on what is called the misbaha is that we call it a misbaha. Like anything else. That is the end of it. The correct question is: What is the ruling on reciting the tasbih (remembrance of Allah) using the misbaha? If the questioner intended this, we have answered it. As for the ruling on the misbaha itself, the misbaha is just a misbaha. Now, reciting the tasbih with the misbaha is permissible, as long as a person does not fear showing off (riya'). If he fears showing off, he should not use it. However, if he does not fear showing off, such that he is in his home or in a place where no one sees him, and he wants to keep count of his tasbih with the misbaha, there is no harm. But it is better to recite the tasbih with the fingers, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to one of the Mothers of the Believers, I think, "Tie [your fingers] with the fingers, for they will be questioned." So it is better to recite the tasbih with the fingers, and reciting with the fingers protects us from the harm of the misbaha. Because the misbaha, in reality, has issues. First, it involves turning away from the better to the lesser. Second, there is a fear of showing off for its owner. For this reason, you find some people wearing a necklace of beads reaching a thousand beads, as if he is saying to people, "Look, O people, I recite a thousand tasbihs."
Third, it is more conducive to the presence of the heart. Because you sometimes pass by those who recite tasbih with the misbaha, and you see him saying it like this, while his eyes move right and left, and he is just letting the beads slip through his fingers without his heart being present. Therefore, we say in our answer that reciting the tasbih with the misbaha is permissible, but it is better with the fingers, meaning with the fingers.