Malik said: He had heard that the people of knowledge do not dislike the use of the siwak (tooth-stick) for one who is fasting in Ramadan at any hour of the day, neither at its beginning nor at its end. He said: I have not heard anyone among the people of knowledge dislike that, nor forbid it.

Yahya said that I heard Mālik say, regarding fasting six days after breaking the fast at the end of Ramadan: He had not seen anyone among the people of knowledge and understanding fast them, nor had it reached him from any of the early generations. The people of knowledge, he said, dislike that and fear that it is a bidah (innovation), and that the ignorant and harsh people might attach to Ramadan what is not part of it, if they were to see in that a concession from the people of knowledge and see them doing it.

Yahya said that I heard Malik say: I have not heard anyone among the people of knowledge and understanding, and those whose example is followed, forbid fasting on Friday; fasting it is good. I have seen some of the people of knowledge fast it, and I think he used to seek it out.

مَالِكٌ: أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ لَا يَكْرَهُونَ السِّوَاكَ لِلصَّائِمِ فِي رَمَضَانَ، فِي سَاعَةٍ مِنْ سَاعَاتِ النَّهَارِ، لَا فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَلَا فِي آخِرِهِ، وَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ، وَلَا يَنْهَى عَنْهُ.

وَقَالَ يَحْيَى: سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ، فِي صِيَامِ سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ بَعْدَ الْفِطْرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ: إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَالْفِقْهِ يَصُومُهَا، وَلَمْ يَبْلُغْنِي ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ مِنَ السَّلَفِ، وَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ يَكْرَهُونَ ذَلِكَ، وَيَخَافُونَ بِدْعَتَهُ، وَأَنْ يُلْحِقَ بِرَمَضَانَ مَا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ أَهْلُ الْجَهَالَةِ وَالْجَفَاءِ، لَوْ رَأَوْا فِي ذَلِكَ رُخْصَةً عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ، وَرَأَوْهُمْ يَعْمَلُونَ ذَلِكَ.

وَقَالَ يَحْيَى: وَسَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ: لَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَالْفِقْهِ، وَمَنْ يُقْتَدَى بِهِ، يَنْهَى عَنْ صِيَامِ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَصِيَامُهُ حَسَنٌ، وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ بَعْضَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَصُومُهُ، وَأُرَاهُ كَانَ يَتَحَرَّاهُ.

[AI] The Prophet ﷺ said, "There will be a disturbance in the month of Ramadan that will awaken the sleeper and frighten the awake. Then a faction will appear in Shawwal, followed by commotion in Dhul-Hijjah. Then the sacred limits will be violated in Muharram, and death will occur in Safar. The tribes will then dispute in Rabee' al-Awwal. Astonishment, the greatest astonishment, will occur between Jumada I and Rajab. Then a she-camel that is used for carrying water will be better than a treasure of a hundred thousand."

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «تَكُونُ هَدَّةٌ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ تُوقِظُ النَّائِمَ وَتُفْزِعُ الْيَقْظَانَ ثُمَّ تَظْهَرُ عِصَابَةٌ فِي شَوَّالٍ ثُمَّ مَعْمَعَةٌ فِي ذِي الْحِجَّةِ ثُمَّ تُنْتَهَكُ الْمَحَارِمُ فِي الْمُحَرَّمِ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مَوْتٌ فِي صَفَرٍ ثُمَّ تَتَنَازَعُ الْقَبَائِلُ فِي الرَّبِيعِ ثُمَّ الْعَجَبُ كُلُّ الْعَجَبِ بَيْنَ جُمَادَى وَرَجَبٍ ثُمَّ نَاقَةٌ مُقَتَّبَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ دَسْكَرَةٍ تُقِلُّ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ»