Using the Misbaha for the Remembrance of Allah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible for a Muslim to use what is called the misbaha for the purpose of glorifying Allah?
Answer:
If his intention is counting, meaning to keep track of the number only, then there is nothing wrong with it. But if his intention is that the misbaha has a special merit, as is the case with the Sufis, then it is a bid'ah (religious innovation) and not permissible. The misbaha has no special merit; it may only be used for counting, just as one counts with pebbles or with his fingers for the purpose of counting only. But if it is believed to have a special merit, then it is not permissible.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible for a Muslim to use what is called the misbaha for the purpose of glorifying Allah?
Answer:
If his intention is counting, meaning to keep track of the number only, then there is nothing wrong with it. But if his intention is that the misbaha has a special merit, as is the case with the Sufis, then it is a bid'ah (religious innovation) and not permissible. The misbaha has no special merit; it may only be used for counting, just as one counts with pebbles or with his fingers for the purpose of counting only. But if it is believed to have a special merit, then it is not permissible.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين17-06-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:11:55)
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