The most authentic opinion is that you have to count by bringing each finger into your palm.
(It’s like when you count on math with your fingers!) however, if one counts in a different way, this is permissible.

For reading subhanallah,alahamdulillah and allah o akbar i was using the three compartments in each finger.but the salafi scholar in pune india reportedly told women and memn in thier gathering that one should do this on the fingertip only.the ibn maja hadith is authentic according to them as the fingertips will testify on the day of judgement.i have discontinued my previous practise and i am using my fingertips by using my thumb on each fingertip thrice.suppose i do this orally will it be acceptable as sunnah.please clarify. may allah certainly bless you for your correct guidance.

Supplications | March 5, 2015 2:30 am
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Are we allowed to ask for a specific person in marriage in dua? Like if u think they are right for you and you see a potential of a husband in them ? (I am a sister) Is that allowed? Or will Allah at the end of the day grant you the one he wrote anyways ? Sometimes I feel like I will never get married.
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I listened to the 3 parts of the Dua based video you made, and Al hamdulillah, my heart cried out knowing Allah is saving my prayers for the last day, and not that He isn’t listening. Now my doubt is this. I have been having a skin condition since birth and now its 32 years. Now when I pray I feel not very desperate to get my skin condition healed. Is this right? What must I do?