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.
Read More..Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم did not get up after sleeping by night or by day without using the tooth-stick before performing ablution.
Read More..Narrated Ibn Abbas: I spent a night with the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. When he woke up from his sleep (in the latter part of the night for prayer) he came to his ablution water. He took the tooth-stick and used it. He then recited the verse: Verily in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are tokens (of His Sovereignty) for men of understanding (iii-190). He recited these verses up to the end of the chapter or he finished the whole chapter. He then performed ablution and came to the place of prayer. He then said two rak'ahs of prayer. He then lay down on the bed and slept as much as Allaah wished. He then got up and did the same. He then lay down and slept. He then got up and did the same. Every time he used the tooth-stick and offered two rak'ah of prayer. He then offered the prayer known as witr. Abu Dawud said: Fudail on the authority if Husain reported the wording: He then used the tooth-stick and performed ablution while he was reciting the verses: Verily in the creation of the heaves and the earth. . . until he finished the chapter.
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