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What Has Been Related About Siwāk

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. The Chapters on Purification (Tahārah) From Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ

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22. Abū Hurairah narrated that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said: "If it were not that it would be difficult on my nation, then I would have ordered them to use the Siwāk for each prayer." (Ṣaḥīḥ) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth has been reported by Muḥammad bin Ishāq, from Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm, from Abū Salamah, from Zaid bin Khālid, from the Prophet ﷺ. The Hadīth of Abū Salamah from Abū Hurairah, that of Zaid bin Khālid from the Prophet ﷺ – both of them are Ṣaḥīḥ in my view. Because this Hadīth has been reported from more than one route, from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ. And the Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is only correct because it has been reported through more than one route. As for Muḥammad bin Ismā'īl, he claimed that the Hadīth of Abū Salamah from Zaid bin Khālid is more correct. [Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Bakr Aṣ-Ṣiddīq, ‘Alī, ‘Āishah, Ibn ‘Abbās, Ḥudhaifah, Zaid bin Khālid, Anas, ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Umar, Umm Ḥabībah, Ibn ‘Umar, Abū Umāmah, [Abū] Ayyūb, Tammām bin ‘Abbās, ‘Abdullāh bin Hanẓalah, Umm Salamah, Wāthilah [bin Al-Asqa], and Abū Mūsā.

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٢٢ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، عَنْ ‌مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ ‌أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ» عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ. وَقَدْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. وَحَدِيثُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كِلَاهُمَا عِنْدِي صَحِيحٌ؛ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ. وَحَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ إِنَّمَا صُحِّحَ؛ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ. وَأَمَّا مُحَمَّدٌ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّ حَدِيثَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ أَصَحُّ. وَفِي الْبَابِ: عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ، وَعَلِيٍّ، وَعَائِشَةَ، وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَحُذَيْفَةَ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، وَأَنَسٍ، وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، وَابْنِ عُمَرَ، وَأُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ، وَأَبِي أُمَامَةَ، وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ، وَتَمَّامِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ، وَأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، وَوَاثِلَةَ، وَأَبِي مُوسَى.

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This Hadīth informs that using Siwāk (tooth-stick or toothbrush) is a very dear and liked deed. Had he ﷺ not the fear, that the use of Siwāk at the time of every prayer would cause hardship to his people, he ﷺ would have made it compulsory for every prayer. Therefore one should do one's best to use Siwāk for every prayer.