Today's hadith · purity
Sahih al-Bukhari 887, Sahih Muslim 252
I would have ordered the siwak
لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ
Lawla an ashuqqa ala ummati la-amartuhum bi-s-siwaki inda kulli salah.
If I were not to be hard on my Ummah, I would have ordered them to use the siwak before every prayer.
Narrated by Abu Hurayrah.
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