الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الطهارةBook of Purification
بَابٌ فِيمَا جَاءَ فِي السِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ الصَّلَاةِ
Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding Siwak at the Time of Prayer
Hadith 560
عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ وَلَأَخَّرْتُ عِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ إِلَى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلِ، فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا مَضَى ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْأَوَّلُ هَبَطَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى يَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ فَيَقُولُ قَائِلٌ: أَلَا سَائِلٌ يُعْطَى، أَلَا دَاعٍ يُجَابُ، أَلَا سَقِيمٌ يَسْتَشْفِي فَيُشْفَى، أَلَا مُذْنِبٌ يَسْتَغْفِرُ فَيُغْفَرُ لَهُ))
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If I did not fear hardship for my ummah, I would have commanded them to use the miswak with every prayer, and I would have delayed the Isha prayer until the first third of the night. The reason for this is that when the first third of the night passes, Allah Almighty descends to the lowest heaven and remains there until the break of dawn. During this period, a caller continues to say: 'Is there anyone who asks so that he may be given? Is there anyone who supplicates so that he may be answered? Is there any sick person seeking healing so that he may be healed? And is there any sinner seeking forgiveness so that he may be forgiven?'"
Hadith 561
عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ: ((لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ)) قَالَ: فَكَانَ زَيْدٌ يَرُوحُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَسِوَاكُهُ عَلَى أُذُنِهِ بِمَوْضِعِ قَلَمِ الْكَاتِبِ، مَا تُقَامُ صَلَاةٌ إِلَّا اسْتَاكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "If I had not feared hardship for my Ummah, I would have ordered them to use the miswak with every prayer." When Sayyiduna Zayd, may Allah be pleased with him, would come to the mosque, the miswak would be on his ear like a scribe's pen, and whenever the prayer was established, he would use the miswak before the prayer.
Hadith 562
عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِثْلُهُ
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) also narrated a similar type of hadith from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Hadith 563
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: ((فَضْلُ الصَّلَاةِ بِالسِّوَاكِ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ بِغَيْرِ السِّوَاكِ سَبْعِينَ ضِعْفًا))
It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The virtue of the prayer performed with miswak is seventy times greater than the prayer performed without miswak."
Hadith 564
عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ((لَوْلَا أَنَّ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ كَمَا يَتَوَضَّأُونَ))
It is narrated from Sayyida Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If I had not feared hardship for my Ummah, I would have commanded them to use the miswak with every prayer, just as they perform ablution."
