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ذِكْرُ مَا يُسْتَحَبُّ لِلْمَرْءِ إِذَا أَرَادَ الْخُرُوجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ أَنْ يُوَدِّعَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ

ibnhibban:2514Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Mukram Bi-al-Baṣrah > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Sharīk > al-Miqdām b. Shurayḥ from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] I asked her, "With what did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to begin when he entered upon you and when he left from you?" She replied, "He used to begin by using the tooth stick (Siwak) when he entered, and when he left, he would perform two Rak'ahs (units) of prayer."  

ابن حبّان:٢٥١٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُكْرَمٍ بِالْبَصْرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لَهَا بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ يَبْدَأُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْكِ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِكِ؟ قَالَتْ «كَانَ يَبْدَأُ إِذَا دَخَلَ بِالسِّوَاكِ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ»  


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ibnmajah:290Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Sharīk > al-Miqdām b. Shurayḥ b. Hāniʾ from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"I said to 'Aishah: 'Tell me, what was the first thing that the Messenger of Allah did when he entered upon you?' She said: 'The first thing he would do would be to use the tooth stick.'"  

ابن ماجة:٢٩٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ أَخْبِرِينِي بِأَىِّ شَىْءٍ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَبْدَأُ إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْكِ قَالَتْ كَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَ يَبْدَأُ بِالسِّوَاكِ