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Sahih Muslim
كتاب الطهارة
The Book of Purification
" لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ - وَفِي حَدِيثِ زُهَيْرٍ عَلَى أُمَّتِي - لأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ "
The Apostle (ﷺ) said: Were it not that I might over-burden the believers-and in the hadith transmitted by Zuhair" people" -I would have ordered them to use toothstick at every time of prayer.
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- Hadith 228
I was with Uthman, and he called for ablution water and said: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: When the time for a prescribed prayer comes, if any Muslim…
- Hadith 255c
Whenever he (the Holy Prophet) got up for prayer during the night, he cleansed his mouth with the tooth-stick.
- Hadith 265
When any one amongst you squats for answering the call of nature, he should neither turn his face towards the Qibla nor turn his back towards it.
- Hadith 224b
A hadith like this is narrated from the Apostle (ﷺ) with the same chain of transmitters by Muhammad b. Muthanna, Ibn Bashshar, Muhammad b. Ja'far, Shu'ba.
- Hadith 261a
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Ten are the acts according to fitra: clipping the moustache, letting the beard grow, using the tooth-stick, snuffing water in…
- Hadith 274b
" He washed his face and hands, and wiped his head and then wiped his socks."