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ahmad:16007 – Ismāʿīl > Layth > Abū Burdah > Abū Malīḥ b. Usāmah > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have been commanded to use the tooth stick until I feared that it would be prescribed for me."  

أحمد:١٦٠٠٧ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَلِيحِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أُمِرْتُ بِالسِّوَاكِ حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَيَّ  

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ahmad:2893 – Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Sharīk > Abū Isḥāq > al-Tamīmī > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I have been commanded to use the siwak (toothstick) so much so that I feared that a revelation might be sent down to me regarding it."  

أحمد:٢٨٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ التَّمِيمِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أُمِرْتُ بِالسِّوَاكِ حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ يُوحَى إِلَيَّ فِيهِ  

tabarani:18483 – [Chain 1] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. Dāwud al-Makkī > Rawḥ b. ʿAbd al-Muʾmin al-Muqriʾ [Chain 3] Ṭālib b. Qurrah al-Adhanī > Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá al-Ṭabbāʿ > Ismāʿīl b. ʿUlayyah > Layth > Abū al-Malīḥ > Wāthilah b. al-Asqaʿ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have been commanded to use the Siwak (tooth-stick) to the extent that I feared it might be made obligatory upon me."  

الطبراني:١٨٤٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْمُقْرِئُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا طَالِبُ بْنُ قُرَّةَ الْأَذَنِيُّ قَالَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الطَّبَّاعُ قَالُوا ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عُلَيَّةَ قَالَ أَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمَلِيحِ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ أُمِرْتُ بِالسِّوَاكِ حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ عَلَيَّ»  

tabarani:18484 – Abū Khalīfah > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm Wjarīr > Layth > Abū Burdah > Abū al-Malīḥ > Wāthilah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I have been commanded to use the toothstick until I feared that it would be prescribed for me."  

الطبراني:١٨٤٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وجَرِيرٌ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمَلِيحِ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ أُمِرْتُ بِالسِّوَاكِ حَتَّى لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ عَلَيَّ»