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ahmad:24795Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Sharīk > al-Miqdām b. Shurayḥ from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The first thing he used to start with when entering his house was using the siwak, and the last thing he used to do when leaving his house was performing two units of prayer before Fajr.  

أحمد:٢٤٧٩٥حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ أَوَّلُ مَا يَبْدَأُ بِهِ إِذَا دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ السِّوَاكَ وَآخِرُهُ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ