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.”
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
