Continuing the answer regarding the ruling on the misbaha (prayer beads).

The Shaykh : The summary, Abu Shaker, is this: the misbaha, which is the means, is what the man denied. This statement did not come from him personally; it comes from earlier scholars. As for the hadiths you mentioned regarding the tasbih after prayer, thirty-three times, and at bedtime as you mentioned; you do not perform tasbih with the misbaha, but rather as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the hadith where he passed by some women, gestured to them with his hand of peace, and said: . So the count of tasbih that comes in a limited number, thirty-three for example, is done with the hand, with the right hand. As for the misbaha, it is indeed originally from the Christians, and I think I know this well. But when a person has something that does not need to be repeated, it goes into oblivion. Do you not see the Khawarij hanging a long misbaha on their sash with a cross on it?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : It is that same misbaha, but they removed the cross and put this imam that I named for you, which is called an imam in the Syrian expression. So this is a matter of history. History proves that the misbaha, first of all, some Muslims—I do not say all Muslims—received it from the Christians, and the Christians received it long ago from the Buddhists. Its origin is ancient Indian. Therefore, this man, as I told you just now, I am very surprised how the television? Not the television or the radio?

The questioner : The television, at seven in the evening, everyone watches it.

The Shaykh : The television, how does the Jordanian television dare to present this scientific fact that shocks the reality of most Muslims, especially in this country? Because the righteous shaykh is the one who sits and does tasbih with the misbaha, not according to the Sunnah with the hand. So this speaker coming out with this scientific fact gives us that he has literary boldness and courage first, and then the people in charge of the Jordanian television second.

Another questioner : That it?

The Shaykh : That he is publishing a scientific fact; that this misbaha is not Islamic!

The questioner : But he did not intend the face of Allah in this!

The Shaykh : That is another matter. May Allah reward you.

The questioner : He intended, and the others with him, the Christians on the judging committee, intended that the origin of many Islamic things goes back to Christianity. And this is shirk (associating partners with Allah); as if he is saying: "Only a human tongue teaches it."

The Shaykh : Yes... perhaps it appeared to you that this is not Islamic; do you see how?

The questioner: What is it?

The Shaykh : Tasbih with the misbaha is not Islamic.

The questioner : I take the tasbih, , we take the tasbih. As for me, if I do tasbih with the misbaha in the hand in any form, the goal of the tasbih, the goal is that I pray. I pray on the prayer mat, I pray on the chair, I pray in the mosque, I pray on the ground, I pray on a bag. The important thing is that I pray, and this is the principle. So how do I do tasbih or what is the method? ... People have a mentality in dhikr (remembrance of Allah) or they remember... .
...