The Ruling on Tasbih with a Misbaha
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: What is the default ruling regarding the misbaha (prayer beads)? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
If one believes that the misbaha has a special virtue, it is not permissible; it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). This applies to those who believe there is merit in the misbaha, especially some of the Sufis who carry misbahas with them and consider them to have a virtue. In this, there is a bid'ah, and it is not permissible. However, if one uses it without believing in any virtue in it, but merely to count the tasbih (remembrance of Allah), there is nothing wrong with that. He counts the tasbih with his fingers, he counts it with pebbles, or he counts it with the beads of the misbaha; there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: What is the default ruling regarding the misbaha (prayer beads)? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
If one believes that the misbaha has a special virtue, it is not permissible; it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). This applies to those who believe there is merit in the misbaha, especially some of the Sufis who carry misbahas with them and consider them to have a virtue. In this, there is a bid'ah, and it is not permissible. However, if one uses it without believing in any virtue in it, but merely to count the tasbih (remembrance of Allah), there is nothing wrong with that. He counts the tasbih with his fingers, he counts it with pebbles, or he counts it with the beads of the misbaha; there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [635] حكم التسبيح بالمسبحة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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