Is it permissible to make tasbih with the left hand?

The questioner : Another question.

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner : The issue of making tasbih with the left hand.

The Shaykh : It is contrary to the Sunnah.

The questioner : It is contrary to the Sunnah.

The Shaykh : It is contrary to the Sunnah; it opposes the Sunnah. The Sunnah is to do it with the right hand, and the left hand was legislated for cleaning oneself after relieving oneself and for wiping off dust.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : A person uses it to clean himself and to remove impurity from his body. The remembrance of Allah is too great to be done with that hand.

The questioner : O Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : I read the treatise by Bakr Abu Zayd. Is there anything new regarding the prayer?

The Shaykh : Yes, I read it.

The questioner : The Shaykh responds to this and says that the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is not greater than reciting the Qur'an and blowing into the hand.

The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah guide him. Did you hear my answer?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Did you hear my answer?

The questioner : Yes, Shaykh, I heard your answer.

The Shaykh : And did you understand it?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : This is the response to Abu Zayd.

The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And may the same be for you, if Allah wills... He was able to wear tattered clothes.