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Tooth Stick

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Darussalam · Volume 1

(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnah

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الحديث: 291 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 106

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291. It was narrated that 'Alī bin Abu Tālib said: "Your mouths are the paths of the Qur'ān, so perfume them with the tooth stick." (Da'if)

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291 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بَحْرُ بْنُ كَنِيزٍ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ سَاجٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، قَالَ: «إِنَّ أَفْوَاهَكُمْ طُرُقٌ لِلْقُرْآنِ، فَطَيِّبُوهَا بِالسِّوَاكِ»

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It is a Mawquf (Discontinued) Hadith since it is the saying of a Companion, not of the Prophet ﷺ. Nevertheless, the merits of the tooth stick are proved even from Marfu' (Traceable) Ahādīth, i.e. from Ahādīth traceable back to the Prophet ﷺ in ascending order. 'Mouths are the paths of the Qur'ān' means that, mouths are the media in reciting the noble words of the Qur'ān. It is, therefore, necessary that the mouths be in a state of purity at the time of the recitation of the Noble Book.