Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 290 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 106
Source no. 290 · Volume 1 · Page 362
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٧٢) ، صحيح أبي داود (٤١)
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290. It was narrated from Miqḏām bin Shuraih bin Hānī' that his father said: "I said to 'Aishah: 'Tell me, what was the first thing that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did when he entered upon you?' She said: 'The first thing he would do would be to use the tooth stick.'" (Sahih)
290 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَخْبِرِينِي بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَبْدَأُ إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْكِ؟ " قَالَتْ: «كَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَ يَبْدَأُ بِالسِّوَاكِ»
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This shows that even outside the prayer timings the Prophet ﷺ used the tooth stick quite frequently. Some of the scholars of Fiqh (jurisprudence) have added certain conditions with regard to the use of the tooth stick. They say, for example, that the tooth stick must be of the length of one span, or that one must not do it without drenching it in water, and so on. Nothing of these assertions is supported by any evidence or proof.