The Use of the Misbaha and the Position of the People of the Sunnah on It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In our country, most of the people who use the misbaha are Sufis. So, should the people of the Sunnah leave off using the misbaha to avoid imitating the people of misguidance?
Answer:
This depends on the belief. If he uses it only to count the number of tasbih and does not believe in any virtue in it, then there is nothing wrong with that. But if he believes that there is a virtue in it, that it is a symbol of worship, and that it is this, then it is not permissible. This is an innovation, and this is what the Sufis are upon. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In our country, most of the people who use the misbaha are Sufis. So, should the people of the Sunnah leave off using the misbaha to avoid imitating the people of misguidance?
Answer:
This depends on the belief. If he uses it only to count the number of tasbih and does not believe in any virtue in it, then there is nothing wrong with that. But if he believes that there is a virtue in it, that it is a symbol of worship, and that it is this, then it is not permissible. This is an innovation, and this is what the Sufis are upon. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 28-03-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (40:28)
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