Darussalam · Volume 1
1. THE BOOK OF PURIFICATIONSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 50 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 13
Source no. 50 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح
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Sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده صحيح، وحسنه الحافظ)
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50. ‘Āishah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was using the Siwāk on his teeth, and there were two people sitting with him, one of whom was older than the other. So Revelation came to him regarding the virtue of the Siwāk, and to give it to the elder of the two of them. (Ṣaḥīḥ)
50 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَنُّ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلَانِ، أَحَدُهُمَا أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْآخَرِ، فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فِي فَضْلِ السِّوَاكِ، أَنْ كَبِّرْ أَعْطِ السِّوَاكَ أَكْبَرَهُمَا»، قَالَ أَحْمَدُ هُوَ ابْنُ حَزْمٍ: قَالَ لَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ هُوَ ابْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ: «هَذَا مِمَّا تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ»
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We learn from the Hadīth that, while distributing a thing among people, the one older in age is to be given precedence over the others provided they are not sitting in a specific order. If they are, preference shall be given to the one sitting on the right, even if he is the youngest of all.