Shuraih asked Aishah: What would the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم do as soon as he entered the house? She replied: (He would use) the siwak.
Read More..Aishah narrated: The Prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم would clean his teeth with the Siwak, then he would give me the Siwak in order to wash it. So I would first use it myself, then wash it and return it.
Read More..Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Ten are the acts according to fitrah (nature): clipping the moustache, letting the beard grow, using the tooth-stick, cutting the nails, washing the finger joints, plucking the hair under the arm-pits, shaving the pubes, and cleansing one's private parts (after easing or urinating) with water. The narrator said: I have forgotten the tenth, but it may have been rinsing the mouth.
Read More..Narrated Ammar bin Yasir: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: The rinsing of mouth and snuffing up water in the nose are acts that bear the characteristics of fitrah (nature). He then narrated a similar tradition (as reported by Aishah), but he did not mention the words letting the beard grow . He added the words circumcision and sprinkling water on the private part of the body . He did not mention the words cleansing oneself after easing . Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has been reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas. He mentioned only five sunnahs all relating to the head, one of them being parting of the hair; it did not include wearing the beard. Abu Dawud said: The tradition as reported by Hammad has also been transmitted by Talq bin Habib, Mujahid, and Bakr bin Abd Allaah bin al-Muzani as their own statement ( not as a tradition from the Prophet, صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). They did not mention the words letting the beard grow . The version transmitted by Muhammad bin Abd Allaah bin Abi Maryam, Abu Salamah, and Abu Hurairah from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم mentions the words letting the beard grow . A similar tradition has been reported by Ibrahim al-Nakha'i. He mentioned the words wearing the beard and circumcision.
Read More..Narrated Hudhaifah: When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم got up during the night (to pray), he cleansed his mouth with the tooth-stick.
Read More..Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Ablution water and tooth-stick were placed by the side of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. When he got up during the night (for prayer), he relieved himself, then he used the tooth-stick.
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