What is your opinion on selling prayer beads?

The questioner : Shaykh, what is your opinion on selling prayer beads and rings?

The Shaykh : Prayer beads...

The questioner : Yes, I mean, I buy prayer beads from the market and sell prayer beads.

The Shaykh : These prayer beads, I mean.

The questioner : A tasbih, a tasbih, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Do they use them for dhikr, or are these for play?

The questioner : No, it is normal, normal, I mean.

The Shaykh : There are two types of prayer beads. There are prayer beads for counting dhikr after prayer, which some shaykhs use, and there are prayer beads used by the aristocrats, you know them.

The questioner : Expensive, antique...

The Shaykh : Yes, and there are prayer beads like this for amusement and playing with them. Each type has its ruling in the Shari'ah.

The questioner : The tasbih, O Shaykh, has a ruling, and the beads have a ruling.

The Shaykh : Ah, was there a tasbih with beads, with a handle?