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Tooth Stick

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Darussalam · Volume 1

(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnah

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الحديث: 289 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 106

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289. It was narrated from Abu Umāmah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Use the tooth stick, for the tooth stick purifies the mouth and is pleasing to the Lord. Jibril never came to me but he advised me to use the tooth stick, until I feared that it would be made obligatory for me and my Ummah. Were it not that I fear that it would be too difficult for my Ummah, I would have enjoined it upon them. And I use the tooth stick until I fear that I may make the front of my mouth sore.' (i.e. my gums) (or cause my teeth to fall out due to brushing them so often)." (Da'if)

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289 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَاتِكَةِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «تَسَوَّكُوا؛ فَإِنَّ السِّوَاكَ مَطْهَرَةٌ لِلْفَمِ، مَرْضَاةٌ لِلرَّبِّ، مَا جَاءَنِي جِبْرِيلُ إِلَّا أَوْصَانِي بِالسِّوَاكِ، حَتَّى لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يُفْرَضَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى أُمَّتِي، وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي، لَفَرَضْتُهُ لَهُمْ، وَإِنِّي لَأَسْتَاكُ حَتَّى لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أُحْفِيَ مَقَادِمَ فَمِي»

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