Chanting with beads?

Question

Kindly tell can a HINDU chant mantras with the MUSLIM beads

Answer 1

Bhagavad Gita does not discriminate people on Bodily conception. There is only one God, Krishna and he establishes religion in all parts of the world. People call the same god by different names. Muslim call Allah, Christians call Jehovah or Christ, Hindu call Krishna or Rama.
If i ask you can a Hindu use Muslim Gold? Well Gold is Gold.. There is no Hindu Gold or Muslim Gold...Similarly Beads are Beads .. There is no Hindu beads or muslim beads...

As far as Vedic mantra's are concerned there is recommendation that one chants 108 rounds. Hence you can get mala with 108 beads and one Connecting bead and Chant on that. I am not aware if Muslims use 108 beads mala.
Also in Vedic scriptures, it is recommended that if one is chanting Vishnu mantra like Hare Krishna, then one should use Tulasi beads for maximum benifit.
If however you live in a country where 108 bead mala is not available, you can still purchase lesser count mala and remake them into 108 beads mala.
But there is no Specific rule that you cannot chant on any other bead. To give an example, when Russia was a hard core communist, they imprisoned many Hare Krishna Devotees and put them in Jail .In jail they had no mala. So they made mala from Bread and chanted Hare Krishna mantra on them. And if an officer would come to inspect they would eat the bread...

Chaitanya mahaprabhu has instructed us in his prayer -
" O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names, like Krishna and Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them." ( Sikshashtakam )

So there are no hard and fast rule. The main thing being to develop willingness, attraction for chanting the name of God.

For more information on chanting of God's names you can read the book "Chant and Be happy" online at
http://www.harekrishna.com/col/books/YM/cbh/

Chapter 9 deals in details of how to make mala and technique of chanting as recommended in Vedic Literatures.

Answer 2

Being a Hindu is more than following a religion. Some Hindus are not religious at all if I recall it right. I don't know if a Hindu would chant mantras with Muslim beads, but I think it's possible that it might happen. Especially in the parts of the world where the two are existing side by side.