It is narrated from Sayyiduna Tamam bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when people came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: "What is the reason that you have come to me in such a state that there is filth and yellowness visible on your teeth? Use the miswak. If there had not been a fear of hardship upon my ummah, I would have made the use of miswak obligatory like wudu."
Hadith Referenceالفتح الربانی / كتاب الطهارة / 559
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اسناده ضعيف، ابو علي الزراد مجھول۔ أخرجه البزار: 498، والطبراني: 1301 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة:1835 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 1835»
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … Imam San‘ani said: More than one hundred hadiths have been transmitted regarding the virtue of the miswak, yet it is greatly astonishing that despite such a large number of hadiths, a great many people—and even several jurists—have been negligent concerning it. Thus, this is a great loss. (Subul al-Salam: 1/41)