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Tooth Stick

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Darussalam · Volume 1

(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnah

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الحديث: 286 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 105

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286. It was narrated that Hudhaifah said: "Whenever the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ got up for prayer at night to pray Tahajjud (night optional prayer), he would clean his mouth with the tooth stick." (Sahih)

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286 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَأَبِي، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، وَحُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَتَهَجَّدُ، يَشُوصُ فَاهُ بِالسِّوَاكِ»

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    [1] A place in Al-Madinah near the mosque where people used to sit to discuss things.

Commentary

The mouth and the tongue are the tools of pronouncing the glory of Allāh. It is, therefore, necessary for all of us to be particular about their cleanliness and purity. That is the reason why ablution has been declared as a precondition for the performance of prayers, since it contains both the elements connected with the purity of mouth, namely rinsing and using tooth stick. Sleep creates a kind of foul smell in the mouth that needs to be removed through rinsing the mouth and use of tooth stick, regardless of whether a person gets up to offer Tahajjud (optional midnight prayer) or Fajr (obligatory dawn prayer).