Al-Imaam Al-Albaanee (rahimahullaah) discusses Dhikr beads
Ash-Shaikh Muhammad Naasir ud-Deen Al-Albaanee said in As-Silsilah Adh-Dha’eefah (1/110) with his checking of the hadeeth “What a wonderful reminder the subhah (dhikr beads) are.” (A fabricated hadeeth):
Then, verily the hadeeth, in reference to its meaning, is false according to me for reasons:
The first:
That the subhah (dhikr beads) is an innovation that did not exist in the time of the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). It was only introduced after him (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), so how could it be thought that he encouraged his companions to do a matter that they did not even know (i.e. dhikr beads were not known to them)?
And the proof regarding what I have mentioned is what Ibn Wadhdhaah reported in “Al-Bida’ wan-Nahy ‘anhaa” (Innovations and the Prohibition of them), on the authority of As-Salt bin Bahraam that he said,
“Ibn Mas’ood passed by a woman who had a tasbeeh (string of beads) with her that she was using to glorify Allaah, so he cut it and threw it away. Then he passed by a man who was glorifying Allaah using pebbles so he kicked them with his foot, then said,
‘Indeed you all have went ahead (of the companions), you have wrongfully engaged in an innovation, and indeed you have overcome the companions of Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) in knowledge.’”
‘Indeed you all have went ahead (of the companions), you have wrongfully engaged in an innovation, and indeed you have overcome the companions of Muhammad (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) in knowledge.’”
And the chain of narrators of this narration is authentic (Saheeh) back to As-Salt, and he is reliable from the followers of the successors (Atbaa’ ut-Taabi’een, third generation).
The second:
That it opposes his (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) guidance. ‘Abdullaah bin ‘Amr said, “I saw the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) counting the glorification of Allaah with his right hand.”
And Al-Albaanee also said (1/117): And if there was nothing in the dhikr beads other than one evil, and it is that it has overcome the Sunnah of counting with the fingers or it almost has – this is along with their agreement that the fingers are better – then this would be sufficient (as an evil). For verily it is rare that I see an old man counting the glorification of Allaah on his fingers!
Then, verily the people have become specialized in inventing things along with this innovation. So you will see some of those who attribute themselves to one of the Soofee paths hanging thikr beads around his neck! And some of them count (the remembrance of Allaah) while they are speaking to you or listening to you talk!
And the last thing that my eye fell upon from that some days ago was that I saw a man on an ordinary bicycle riding along on it on some roads crowded with people, and in one of his hands was some thikr beads! So they try to show to the people that they are not heedless of the remembrance of Allaah even for the blinking of an eye.
And often times this innovation is the cause of losing the performance of that which is obligatory, for indeed it has happened to me repeatedly – and likewise to others besides me – that I have given the greeting of Salaam (peace) to one of these people, so he responds to the greeting by waving without saying the Salaam. And the harms of this innovation cannot be counted, so how beautiful is the statement of the poet:
“And every good is in following those who went before (salafa),
and every evil is in the innovating of those who came after (khalafa).”
Source: As-Silsilah Adh-Dha’eefah, Vol. 1, no. 110, and no. 117
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[Translated by Aqeel Walker]
2 comments:
the issue is much more complicated and there is actually a basis for it in Islam. the sahaba used pebbles on the ground to count their dhikr.
there is a quote by Ibn Taymiyyah: "Some of them may count their tasbeeh with pebbles or date stones. Some people say that doing tasbeeh with the masbahah is makrooh, and some allow it, but no one says that tasbeeh with the masbahah is better than tasbeeh with the fingers."
more info can be found here: http://islamqa.com/en/ref/3009/beads
bid'ah is very strong word that should not be taken lightly and should be reserved for clear-cut issues. otherwise, it causes unnecessary strife and division, which this beads issue has for many years.
i think u should post the different arguments, discuss them, and formulate your own ideas on your own blog. passing on other people's ideas without discussing them yourself doesn't give you the opportunity to engage the text and learn from it!
[2 cents from ur little bro =) ]
to clarify, what i like to do with a specific topic is to do as much research as i can on it and then post the strong authentic opinion, the opinion that i agree with. i do not like to post my judgments or my own opinions because i am in no way a scholar or have the correct reasoning to make a judgment. i like to stick to authentic references and daleel. if someone else has an opposing view with strong opinion, then i respect their reasoning and advise everyone to make a decision based on understanding.
more so, i always reference a scholar who has the ability to make these decisions because i am not knowledgeable to pass on my own ideas.
[p.s. you're my older bro :-p]
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