Hadith #595

Arabic Text

English Translation

ʿAbd al-Ṣamad narrated to us, he said: Ḥarb — meaning Ibn Shaddād — narrated to us, from Yaḥyā, Abū Salamah narrated to us — and my father narrated to us, Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, from Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm — from Abū Salamah, from Zayd ibn Khālid al-Juhanī who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Were it not that it would burden my ummah, I would have commanded them to use the siwāk before every prayer." Zayd ibn Khālid used to place the siwāk where a writer places his pen behind his ear; whenever he stood for prayer, he would use the siwāk.