Is it permissible to use prayer beads on which the names of Allah are written?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, prayer beads on which the beautiful names of Allah are written are now being sold. What is your opinion on using them for dhikr?
Answer:
These should not be circulated because they contain the names of Allah; this is a desecration of the names of Allah. As for a simple string of beads that has no writing or any of the names of Allah on it, and which a person uses to count or tally his dhikr, without believing that there is any virtue in it or that it is a symbol of the practices of the innovators, then there is nothing wrong with that, according to the correct view. However, some scholars dislike it absolutely, and the Muslim should recite his dhikr with his fingers, with pebbles, or with whatever is available to him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, prayer beads on which the beautiful names of Allah are written are now being sold. What is your opinion on using them for dhikr?
Answer:
These should not be circulated because they contain the names of Allah; this is a desecration of the names of Allah. As for a simple string of beads that has no writing or any of the names of Allah on it, and which a person uses to count or tally his dhikr, without believing that there is any virtue in it or that it is a symbol of the practices of the innovators, then there is nothing wrong with that, according to the correct view. However, some scholars dislike it absolutely, and the Muslim should recite his dhikr with his fingers, with pebbles, or with whatever is available to him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2590 - هل يجوز التسبيح بالمسابح المكتوب عليه أسماء الله؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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