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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)

Each passage is tagged by what it does with the idea: explains it, applies it in practice, redefines it with a new meaning, or challenges it. Relevance shows how directly the passage is about this idea.

Mazar 270↗explains

Mazar · al-Mufid

Relevance: Very high

Muqnica · al-Mufid

Relevance: Very high

Cawarif Macarif · Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi

Relevance: Very high

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Relevance: High

Wabil Sayyib · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Relevance: High

Ghunya · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Relevance: High

Majmuc Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: High

Musnad · al-Shafi'i

Relevance: High

Musnad · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Relevance: High

Qacida Hasana Fi Baqiyat · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: High

Sahih Muslim · Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

Relevance: High

Sunan · al-Darimi

Relevance: High

Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: High

Jawab Fi Siyagh Hamd · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Relevance: High

Laali Nayyirat · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: High

Tafsir Quran · Ibn Kathir

Relevance: High

Kalim Tayyib · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: High

Mukhtalaf Shica · al-'Allama al-Hilli

Relevance: High

Rasail Wa Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Relevance: High

Sahih al-Bukhari · Muhammad al-Bukhari

Relevance: High