Does the misbaha have a basis in other religions?

The questioner : Shaykh, does it have a basis with other people, the Christians...?

The Shaykh : Yes, first, it entered the Muslims from the Christians, and this is observed even today. The Christian priests hang their crosses on their prayer beads, and these beads are hung on their church sashes. Then these Christians took it from the ancient Buddhists. Yes, that is right. Therefore, a Muslim should not engage in remembering Allah and worshipping Him by counting on prayer beads, for many reasons. One of them is that this is a custom of the Christians, and a custom that the Christians took from the Buddhists. And in what the Messenger (peace be upon him) brought to us, we have sufficient guidance to avoid imitating non-Muslims in matters related to worship.