The ruling on tasbih with a misbaha and raising the hands in du'a after the obligatory prayer

Question:
The questioner says: A man uses a misbaha for the morning and evening dhikr. Is that permissible for him? He also sometimes raises his hands immediately after the prayer and faces the qiblah after the prayer. What is the ruling on that?

Answer:
It is better to do tasbih with the fingers. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do tasbih with his fingers and count with his right hand. This is the best, and this is the sunnah (recommended practice). If he does tasbih with pebbles or a misbaha, there is no blame on him, but it is better that he do tasbih with his fingers as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do.
And when he says the taslim from the obligatory prayer, he does not raise his hands. He occupies himself with dhikr and does not raise his hands, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not raise his hands after the obligatory prayer (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, he occupied himself with dhikr until he finished, and he did not raise his hands in this state.
As for if he raises his hands at times after the nafilah (voluntary prayer) and makes du'a, there is no blame on him. But as for his raising them after the obligatory prayer, after Dhuhr, or Asr, or Maghrib, or Isha, or Fajr, or Jumu'ah, this is not prescribed (mashru'). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do it, so it should be left.