The tasbih (declaring praise to the Lord) or prayer beads is used at the end of the ritual prayers or by dervishes. A large bead marks the beginning and end of the string, smaller beads divide rest of the beads into groups. Typically, a tasbih has 99 beads. This one is made from the clay of Karbala. It’s here that the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), Imam Hussain, was martyred in 680AD.
The tasbih (declaring praise to the Lord) or prayer beads is used at the end of the ritual prayers or by dervishes. A large bead marks the beginning and end of the string, smaller beads divide rest of the beads into groups. Typically, a tasbih has 99 beads. This one is made from the clay of Karbala. It’s here that the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), Imam Hussain, was martyred in 680AD.