Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari & Muslim
Had it not been that I might overburden the believers—or my Ummah—I would have commanded them to use the Siwāk (toothstick) at every prayer
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ -أَوْ: عَلَى أُمَّتِي- لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ».
Explanation
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that if he had not been afraid of making things hard for the believers in his Ummah, he would have made it obligatory upon them to use the Siwāk with every prayer.
Source
صحيح مسلم (1/ 220) (252).
صحيح البخاري (2/ 4) (887).
تيسير العلام شرح عمدة الأحكام، لعبد الله البسام (ص46).
تنبيه الأفهام شرح عمدة الأحكام، لابن عثيمين (1/ 50).
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