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Virtues of Using the Miswaak

1. Using the miswaak increases the reward of the salaah seventy times.

عن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فضل الصلاة التي يستاك لها على الصلاة التي لا يستاك لها سبعين ضعفا (المستدرك على الصحيحين للحاكم، الرقم: 515)

Hazrat Aaishah (radhiyallahu anha) reports that Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, “The salaah performed after making miswaak is seventy times more virtuous than the salaah performed without making miswaak.”

2. Miswaak purifies the mouth and earns the pleasure of Allah Ta’ala.

عن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم السواك مطهرة للفم مرضاة للرب (صحيح البخاري تعليقا، 1/259)

Hazrat Aaishah (radhiyallahu anha) reports that Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, “Miswaak is a means of purifying the mouth, and a means of earning the pleasure of Allah Ta’ala.”

3. Using the miswaak is from the sunnats of all the Ambiyaa (alayhimus salaam).

عن أبي أيوب رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أربع من سنن المرسلين الحياء والتعطر والسواك والنكاح (سنن الترمذي، الرقم: 1080)

Hazrat Abu Ayyoob Ansaari (radhiyallahu anhu) reports that Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, “Four actions are from the sunnats of all the Ambiyaa (alayhimus salaam); adopting hayaa (modesty in all spheres of human living), applying itr, using the miswaak, and making nikaah (getting married).”

4. Apart from pleasing Allah Ta’ala, using the miswaak also causes the malaa’ikah (angels) to be happy and also contains numerous health benefits.

عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عليكم بالسواك فإنه مطهرة للفم مرضاة للرب مفرحة للملائكة يزيد في الحسنات وهو من السنة ويجلو البصر ويذهب الحفر ويشد اللثة ويذهب البلغم ويطيب الفم ورواه غيره وزاد فيه: ويصلح المعدة (شعب الإيمان للبيهقي، الرقم: 2521)

Hazrat Abdullah bin Abbaas (radhiyallahu anhuma) reports that Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said, “Use the miswaak, for it purifies the mouth, is a means of pleasing Allah Ta’ala, a cause of pleasure to the malaa’ikah (angels), increases good deeds, it is from the sunnah practices, sharpens the eyesight, helps in removing scurvy (a disease affecting the gums), strengthens the gums, removes phlegm and gives the mouth a good smell.” In some narrations, it has also been mentioned that using the miswaak helps the stomach and improves digestion.

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