What is the ruling on tasbih with a misbaha?

The questioner : Your Eminence, regarding tasbih with a misbaha, is it considered a bid'ah (religious innovation)? If a person looks, for example, at someone doing tasbih with a misbaha, should he disapprove of it or not?

The Shaykh : Tasbih with a misbaha is better left off, but it is not a bid'ah (religious innovation), because it has a basis in the tasbih of some of the Companions using pebbles. However, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) guided us to the fact that tasbih with the fingers is better, and he said: So, tasbih with a misbaha is not haram (forbidden) nor a bid'ah (religious innovation), but leaving it off is better. This is because the one who does tasbih with a misbaha leaves off what is better, and perhaps some riya' (showing off in worship) may mix into his tasbih, because we see some people wearing a misbaha with a thousand beads, as if saying to people: Look at me, I am doing a thousand tasbihs.
Thirdly: The one who does tasbih with a misbaha is usually heedless of heart. Therefore, you find him doing tasbih with the misbaha while his eyes are looking at the sky, to the right, and to the left, which indicates heedlessness of the heart. So it is better for a person to do tasbih with his fingers, and it is better to do tasbih with the right hand rather than the left, because And if he does tasbih with both hands, there is no harm, but the best is to do tasbih with his right hand only. Yes, yes, after that.