Sunday, January 14, 2007

Re: prayer beads

Question:

Shouldn't we avoid the use prayer beads as the Christians also use a similar prayer beads in the church?

Answer:
No, because great early Muslims also used them. It is mentioned in hadith that a companion used pebbles to count remembrances in front of the Prophet, and he did not forbid it. It is therefore not counted as imitating Christians.