My Q is tht is it sunnah to use miswak b4 performing ablution?
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is tht is it sunnah to use miswak b4 performing ablution?
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Miswak before wudu
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.154 Narrated by Abu Huraira
Narrated Amir bin Rabi'a, "I saw the
Prophet (saws) cleaning his teeth with Siwak while he was fasting so many times
as I can't count." And narrated
Abu Huraira, "The Prophet (saws)
said, 'But for my fear that it would be hard for my followers, I would
have ordered them to clean their teeth with Siwak on every performance of
ablution.' " The Prophet (saws) did not differentiate between a fasting
and a non-fasting person in this respect (using Siwak).
Aisha said, "The Prophet (saws) said,
'It (i.e. Siwak) is a purification for the mouth and it is a way of seeking
Allah's pleasure.'
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 2.13 Narrated by Anas
Allah's Messenger (saws) I said, "I have
told you repeatedly to (use) the Siwak.’ (The Prophet put emphasis on the use
of the Siwak.)
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 389 Narrated by Aisha
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘The
preference for prayer in which miswak is used, to prayer in which it is not
used, is seven times (and in another narration ‘seventy times’).
It is indeed an extremely preferred Sunnah of the Messenger
of Allah (saws) to use the siwak during one’s ablution or before one’s
prayer.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister