What is the ruling on carrying prayer beads in the hand and waving them?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A phenomenon has spread in these days that was not known in the past, which is that some of the upright people have started carrying prayer beads and waving them, imitating the poets and others. What is the ruling on that, and what is your guidance?
Answer:
If the prayer beads are taken as an act of worship, this is a religious innovation (bid'ah). If they are taken as a matter of custom and amusement, there is nothing wrong with that. But if they are taken as a symbol of worship, this is the religion of the Sufis; this is a religious innovation (bid'ah). Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A phenomenon has spread in these days that was not known in the past, which is that some of the upright people have started carrying prayer beads and waving them, imitating the poets and others. What is the ruling on that, and what is your guidance?
Answer:
If the prayer beads are taken as an act of worship, this is a religious innovation (bid'ah). If they are taken as a matter of custom and amusement, there is nothing wrong with that. But if they are taken as a symbol of worship, this is the religion of the Sufis; this is a religious innovation (bid'ah). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [697 -858] ما حكم حمل السبحة في اليد والتلويح بها؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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