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ahmad:9194Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Ḥasan b. Sawwār > Layth > Khālid b. Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If it were not for the fact that it would be difficult for my Ummah (community), I would have commanded them to use Siwak (toothstick) with every Wudu (ablution)." Abu Hurairah also said, "I used to make Istinja (cleaning the private parts with water) before sleeping, after waking up, before eating, and after eating, when I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say what he said."  

أحمد:٩١٩٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَلَاءِ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ قَالَهُ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ مَعَ الْوُضُوءِ وقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَسْتَنُّ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنَامَ وَبَعْدَ مَا أَسْتَيْقِظُ وَقَبْلَ مَا آكُلُ وَبَعْدَ مَا آكُلُ حِينَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا قَالَ