What is the ruling on tasbih (remembrance of Allah) using a misbaha (prayer beads) or a counter?

The questioner : No, Shaykh. One appeared, Shaykh. This month, it is one thousand. This one, Shaykh, sits and recites tasbih, saying Subhan Allah, Subhan Allah, Subhan Allah, and he knows the number of tasbih.

The Shaykh : Yes. Yes, indeed. In any case, this is the ruling on the misbaha; this is a counter with numbers. Its ruling is the ruling of the misbaha. It is not befitting for a person to recite tasbih with it.
Because if he recites tasbih with it, he has contradicted the Sunnah. The Sunnah is to recite tasbih with the fingers, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Tie them with the fingers, for they will be questioned." Also, the tying of the tasbih should be with the right hand, not with both hands together, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to tie the tasbih with his right hand. If he ties it with the right and left hand, there is no blame on him, but it is better to restrict it to tying with the right hand only. And because the misbaha may lead to riya' (showing off in worship), for some people feel that they are showing off when they recite tasbih with the misbaha. Some of them even wear a misbaha with a thousand beads, as if saying to people, "Look at this man who recites tasbih to Allah a thousand times." And because tying the tasbih with the misbaha leads to heedlessness; you find some people reciting tasbih, and their lips move with the tasbih, but they look around to the right and left, which indicates that their heart is heedless. In any case, tasbih with the fingers is better than tasbih with the misbaha or with this method you mentioned is a new model. In any case, we can count with it other than tasbih; we take it and count with it other than tasbih, but at your own responsibility that