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tabarani:1302 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Abū Kurayb > Muʿāwiyah b. Hishām > Shaybān > Manṣūr > Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣayqal a freed slave of Banī Asad > Jaʿfar b. Tammām b. ʿAbbās from his father

[Machine] Narrated by Abu Ali As-Sa'ighal, the freed slave of Bani Asad, from Ja'far ibn Tamaam ibn Abbas, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Why do you come to me with bad breath? Use Siwak (toothstick) for every purification, if it was not hard for my nation, I would have commanded them to use Siwak at every ablution."  

الطبراني:١٣٠٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ثنا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ

عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الصَّيْقَلِ مَوْلَى بَنِي أَسَدٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ تَمَّامِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا لَكُمْ تَدْخُلُونَ عَلَيَّ قُلْحًا اسْتَاكُوا فَلَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ طُهُورٍ»  

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ahmad:9549 – Yaḥyá > Muḥammad b. ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Were it not that it would be too difficult for my Ummah (nation), I would have commanded them to use the tooth stick at every time of prayer.'" (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 287)  

أحمد:٩٥٤٩ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ أَوْ مَعَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ  

ahmad:9179 – Muʿāwiyah > Zāʾidah > Muḥammad / Ibn ʿAmr > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: ʿWere it not that it would be too difficult for the ummah, I would have commanded them to use the siwak at the time of every prayer.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 607)   

أحمد:٩١٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَوْ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ  

ahmad:9928 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: ʿWere it not that it would be too difficult for the ummah, I would have commanded them to use the siwak at the time of every prayer.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 607)   

أحمد:٩٩٢٨ – قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ مَعَ كُلِّ وُضُوءٍ  

ahmad:10696 – Rawḥ > Mālik b. Anas > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmaniʿan Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Were I not afraid that it would be hard on my followers, I would order them to use the siwak (as obligatory, for cleaning the teeth). (Using translation from Bukhārī 7240)  

أحمد:١٠٦٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ مَعَ الْوُضُوءِ  

ahmad:10868 – ʿAlī > And Rqāʾ > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Were I not afraid that it would be hard on my followers, I would order them to use the siwak (as obligatory, for cleaning the teeth). (Using translation from Bukhārī 7240)  

أحمد:١٠٨٦٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ أَخْبَرَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ  

تَمَّامُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ

tabarani:1303 – Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah from my father > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣayqal > Jaʿfar b. Tammām b. al-ʿAbbās from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Why do you come to me with dirty teeth? Had it not been difficult for my followers, I would have commanded them to brush their teeth with every prayer."  

الطبراني:١٣٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبِي ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الصَّيْقَلِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ تَمَّامِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا لَكُمْ تَدْخُلُونَ عَلَيَّ قُلْحًا تَسَوَّكُوا فَلَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ أَنْ يَتَسَوَّكوا عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ»  

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السيوطي:١٩١٣٥a –

"مَا لَكُمْ تَدخُلُونَ عَلَيَّ قُلْحًا، استَاكُوا فَلَولا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ طُهُورٍ".  

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