What is the ruling on making tasbih with a misbaha?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, what is the ruling on making tasbih with a misbaha?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the ruling on making tasbih with a misbaha?
The Shaykh : Making tasbih with a misbaha is permissible, but doing it with the hand is better and more excellent. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to some of the Companions, who were women counting with pebbles: This means saying: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar. Yes.
As for what some people do, saying: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar on a single finger, I do not think this is from the Sunnah. The Sunnah is to make the knot with the whole finger. This is because the saying: It is well known among the Arabs that they do not make a knot with each finger joint alone, but rather with the whole finger. For example, one says: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar without pointing to the joints.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Here, where is your finger? Okay, where is the little finger? Okay, Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar, like this. I mean, some people say: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar on every joint, one tasbih or tahmid per joint. 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: And the knot among the Arabs is not made at every joint, but with the fingers, as in the hadith of Ibn 'Umar, where he made a knot for fifty-three or sixty-three. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, no, wait in order until it is your turn. No, here, here.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the ruling on making tasbih with a misbaha?
The Shaykh : Making tasbih with a misbaha is permissible, but doing it with the hand is better and more excellent. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to some of the Companions, who were women counting with pebbles:
Tie them with your fingers, for they are the ones that will be questioned.
اعقدن بالأنامل فإنهن مستنطقاتAs for what some people do, saying: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar on a single finger, I do not think this is from the Sunnah. The Sunnah is to make the knot with the whole finger. This is because the saying:
Count with the fingertips
اعقدن بالأناملThe questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Here, where is your finger? Okay, where is the little finger? Okay, Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar, like this. I mean, some people say: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar on every joint, one tasbih or tahmid per joint. 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 with the fingertips
اعقدن بالأناملThe questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, no, wait in order until it is your turn. No, here, here.