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سنن ابن ماجه

Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 289

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In-book entry
23

Chapter 7

Chapter context: Siwak (tooth stick)

باب السِّوَاكِ

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَاتِكَةِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏

‏ تَسَوَّكُوا فَإِنَّ السِّوَاكَ مَطْهَرَةٌ لِلْفَمِ مَرْضَاةٌ لِلرَّبِّ وَمَا جَاءَنِي جِبْرِيلُ إِلاَّ أَوْصَانِي بِالسِّوَاكِ حَتَّى لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يُفْرَضَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَى أُمَّتِي وَلَوْلاَ أَنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَفَرَضْتُهُ لَهُمْ وَإِنِّي لأَسْتَاكُ حَتَّى لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أُحْفِيَ مَقَادِمَ فَمِي ‏

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Translation

English translation

It was narrated from Abu Umamah that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "Use the tooth stick, for the tooth stick purifies the mouth and is pleasing to the Lord. Jibril never came to me but he advised me to use the tooth stick, until I feared that it would be made obligatory for me and my Ummah. Were it not that I fear that it would be too difficult for my Ummah, I would have enjoined it upon them. And I use the tooth stick until I fear that I may make the front of my mouth sore.' (i.e. my gums) (or cause my teeth to fall out due to brushing them so often)."

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 289 in Sunan Ibn Majah. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Purification and its Sunnah, as in-book entry 23 under the chapter “Siwak (tooth stick).”

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Reference details

Collection
Sunan Ibn Majah
In-book entry
23

Source and grading notes

English : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 289 Arabic : Book 1, Hadith 304

Al-Albani:
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Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi:
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Shuaib Al Arnaut:
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Zubair Ali Zai:
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