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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الصيامThe Book of Fasting
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي السِّوَاكِ وَالْكُحْلِ لِلصَّائِمِChapter: What was narrated concerning the tooth stick and kohl for one who is fasting
Hadith 1677
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْمَاعِيل الْمُؤَدِّبُ ، عَنِ مُجَالِدٍ ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، قَالَتْ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مِنْ خَيْرِ خِصَالِ الصَّائِمِ السِّوَاكُ " .
´It was narrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “One of the best actions of the fasting person is using the tooth stick.”
Brief Explanation
1؎: It is not disliked (makruh) for a fasting person to use the tooth-stick (miswak), whether at the beginning of the day or at its end; rather, it is a Sunnah. This is the view of the majority of scholars. Some people have considered it disliked to use the miswak after the sun has passed its zenith (zawal) on the grounds that it removes the odor from the mouth, the virtue of which has been mentioned in the hadith. However, it should be made clear that this odor is not related to the mouth, but rather to the stomach, which arises when the stomach is empty. This is what is referred to in Arabic as «خلوف», which is mentioned in the hadith.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefit:
Although this narration is weak in its chain of transmission, the use of the tooth-stick (miswak) while fasting is established from authentic narrations, and it does not affect the fast. Imam Bukhari rahimahullah, in Sahih al-Bukhari, in the Book of Fasting, has titled a chapter as follows: (Chapter: The Use of Fresh and Dry Tooth-Stick for the Fasting Person). That is, the fasting person may use a fresh or dry miswak. After this, he mentions that it is reported from Hazrat ‘Amir ibn Rabi‘ah radi Allahu anhu that he said: I have seen the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam using the miswak while fasting so many times that I cannot count them. See: (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Fasting, Chapter: The Use of Fresh and Dry Tooth-Stick for the Fasting Person, before Hadith: 1934)
Although this narration is weak in its chain of transmission, the use of the tooth-stick (miswak) while fasting is established from authentic narrations, and it does not affect the fast. Imam Bukhari rahimahullah, in Sahih al-Bukhari, in the Book of Fasting, has titled a chapter as follows: (Chapter: The Use of Fresh and Dry Tooth-Stick for the Fasting Person). That is, the fasting person may use a fresh or dry miswak. After this, he mentions that it is reported from Hazrat ‘Amir ibn Rabi‘ah radi Allahu anhu that he said: I have seen the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam using the miswak while fasting so many times that I cannot count them. See: (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Fasting, Chapter: The Use of Fresh and Dry Tooth-Stick for the Fasting Person, before Hadith: 1934)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1677
