What is your opinion regarding the claim by some that the addition of "with his right hand" in the hadith of tasbih that you authenticated is an insertion by one of Abu Dawud's shaykhs, namely Muhammad ibn al-Qudamah?

The questioner : Your Eminence, there is a fiqh issue, which is the issue of tasbih with the right hand. It is known that you, Your Eminence, have authenticated the hadith that points to this. Some claim that the hadith does not contain in all narrations, but rather it is an insertion by one of Abu Dawud's shaykhs, namely Muhammad ibn al-Qudamah. Is this correct from the perspective of hadith science?

The Shaykh : No, this is ignorance of the hadith perspective. This is not an insertion, but rather an addition. And even if we hypothetically accept the alleged insertion, the hadith in "Sunan Abu Dawud" and "Musnad Ahmad" is: ; is that not so?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Fine, his hand. The question arises here: is it the right hand or the left hand?

The questioner : In language, it can be used for both hands together.

The Shaykh : What I answered, what I answered.

The questioner : I have no knowledge of that.

The Shaykh : This is the answer, this is the answer. He used to count the tasbih with his right hand.