for the hardship it would cause my community—or humanity—I would have ordered them to use the siwak with every prayer.” Agreed upon.

1205 – Hudhayfah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Whenever the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rose from sleep, he would scrub his mouth with the siwak. Agreed upon.

“al-shuṣ” means rubbing.

1206 – ʿĀ’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: We used to set out the Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ siwak and his water for purification; then Allah would awaken him (1) at whatever hour of the night He wished, and he would use the siwak, perform ablution, and pray. Reported by Muslim.

1207 – Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I have often enjoined the siwak upon you.” Reported by al-Bukhārī.

1208 – Shurayḥ ibn Hanīʾ said: I asked ʿĀ’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, “With what would the Prophet ﷺ begin when he entered his house?” She replied, “With the siwak.” Reported by Muslim.

1209 – Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ while the tip of the siwak was on his tongue. Agreed upon, and this is the wording of Muslim.

1210 – ʿĀ’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “The siwak is a purifier (2) for the mouth and pleasing to the Lord.” Reported by al-Nasāʾī and by Ibn Khuzaymah in his Ṣaḥīḥ with sound chains.

1211 – Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “The natural disposition comprises five acts—or five acts are from the natural disposition: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, clipping the fingernails, plucking the armpit hair, and trimming the mustache.” Agreed upon.