The Ruling on Reciting Dhikr with a Misbaha
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His Eminence the Shaykh: What is the ruling on making dhikr with a misbaha?
Using prayer beads for dhikr is permissible, but using the hand is better and more excellent; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to some of the Companions, and they were women counting with pebbles, he said: (Count on your fingers, for they will be questioned) meaning: say: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar,As for what some people do, saying: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar on a single finger, so I do not think this is from the Sunnah, whereas the Sunnah is to count using the whole finger;Because His saying: (Count on your fingers) it is known that the Arabs’ counting method is that they do not count on each finger alone, but rather they count using the whole finger,For example, he says: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar without pointing to the joints.
Some people say: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar on every joint, whether for tasbih or tahmid, and I do not think this is the Sunnah,The Sunnah is like this: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar, why?Because the Messenger said: (Count on your fingers) and counting among the Arabs is not done on every joint, but with the fingers, as in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar where he counted fifty-three or sixty-three.
Using prayer beads for dhikr is permissible, but using the hand is better and more excellent; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to some of the Companions, and they were women counting with pebbles, he said: (Count on your fingers, for they will be questioned) meaning: say: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar,As for what some people do, saying: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar on a single finger, so I do not think this is from the Sunnah, whereas the Sunnah is to count using the whole finger;Because His saying: (Count on your fingers) it is known that the Arabs’ counting method is that they do not count on each finger alone, but rather they count using the whole finger,For example, he says: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar without pointing to the joints.
Some people say: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar on every joint, whether for tasbih or tahmid, and I do not think this is the Sunnah,The Sunnah is like this: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar, Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar, why?Because the Messenger said: (Count on your fingers) and counting among the Arabs is not done on every joint, but with the fingers, as in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar where he counted fifty-three or sixty-three.