Dr. Shabir Ally and Dr. Safiyyah Ally discuss the use of prayer beads (masbahah, tasbeeh) in Islam. Dr. Shabir explains that prayer beads are used for counting praises of God, similar to an abacus. The beads typically come in a string of 99, with a marker at every 33 beads. Dr. Shabir demonstrates how Muslims recite specific praises of God (Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar) using the beads, reaching a total of 100 recitations. He mentions that some Muslims may consider the use of prayer

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