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Tasbīḥ / Misbaḥa (Prayer Beads & Dhikr)

The customary use of a string of beads to count litanies of remembrance (dhikr) of God's names and formulae.

The customary use of a string of beads to count litanies of remembrance (dhikr) of God's names and formulae.

Key passages(20)

Mazar 270explains

Mazar · al-Mufid

Very high

Muqnica · al-Mufid

Very high

Cawarif Macarif · Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi

Very high

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

High

Wabil Sayyib · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High

Ghunya · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

High

Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Musnad · al-Shafi'i

High

Musnad · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

High

Qacida Hasana Fi Baqiyat · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Sahih Muslim · Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

High

Sunan · al-Darimi

High

Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Jawab Fi Siyagh Hamd · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

High

Laali Nayyirat · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Tafsir Quran · Ibn Kathir

High

Kalim Tayyib · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Mukhtalaf Shica · al-'Allama al-Hilli

High

Rasail Wa Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Sahih al-Bukhari · Muhammad al-Bukhari

High