What is the ruling on using prayer beads for dhikr?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on using prayer beads for dhikr?
Answer:
If he uses them only for counting, just counting the tasbihat, then there is nothing wrong with that. But if he takes them believing that there is a virtue in them, as the Sufis believe in their beads, then that is not permissible; they have no virtue. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the ruling on using prayer beads for dhikr?
Answer:
If he uses them only for counting, just counting the tasbihat, then there is nothing wrong with that. But if he takes them believing that there is a virtue in them, as the Sufis believe in their beads, then that is not permissible; they have no virtue. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم استخدام السبحة للذِّكْر؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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