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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 4 · Ablutions (Wudu')
Sahih

السِّوَاكِ

The tooth-stick (siwak)

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَشُوصُ فَاهُ بِالسِّوَاكِ.

Show the chain of narration (Arabic)

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، قَالَ

Translation

Hudhayfah reported: When the Prophet ﷺ got up at night, he would scrub his mouth with the tooth-stick (siwak).

Other translations

Deutsch

Hudhaifa berichtete: Wenn der Prophet ﷺ in der Nacht aufstand, rieb er sich den Mund mit dem Zahnputzholz (Siwak) aus.

Türkçe

Huzeyfe (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Nebî ﷺ geceleyin kalktığında ağzını misvakla iyice temizlerdi.

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · MedinaHudhayfah ibn al-Yaman† 37 AH · KufaShaqayq bin Salmah al-Asadi† 100 AH · KufaMansur bin al-Ma'tamar al-Sa…† 132 AH · KufaJarir bin 'Abdul Hameed al-R…† 188 AH · Rayy'Uthman bin Muhammad† 239 AH · Kufaal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. Hudhayfah ibn al-Yamanحُذَيْفَةَ

    d. 37 AH / 658 CE · Kufa · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. Shaqayq bin Salmah al-Asadiأَبِي وَائِلٍ

    d. 100 AH · Follower Tabi' 1st Generation

  4. d. 132 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  5. d. 188 AH · Ray' · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 8th generation

  6. 'Uthman bin Muhammadعُثْمَانُ

    d. 239 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  7. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler