The Ruling on Using the Misbaha (Prayer Beads)
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Question:
May Allah guide you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on using the misbaha (prayer beads)?
Answer:
If he uses it believing that there is virtue in it, as the Sufis do, that is not permissible. But if he uses it merely as a permissible means, without believing there is any virtue in it, and only uses it to keep count, just as one might use pebbles to count, then there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
May Allah guide you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on using the misbaha (prayer beads)?
Answer:
If he uses it believing that there is virtue in it, as the Sufis do, that is not permissible. But if he uses it merely as a permissible means, without believing there is any virtue in it, and only uses it to keep count, just as one might use pebbles to count, then there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2005- 4717] حكم استخدام المسبحة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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