Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Riyad as-Salihin - The excellence of the siwak and the qualities of the natural form (fitra) Hadith

Chapter: The
excellence of the siwak and the qualities of the natural form
(fitra)

 

1196. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "If it was not for the fact that I might have been
overburdening my community - or the people - I would have ordered them to use
the siwak for every prayer." [Agreed upon]

1197. Hudhayfa said, "When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, got up in the night, he would rinse out his mouth." [Agreed upon]

1198. 'A'isha said, "We used prepare the Prophet's siwak and wudu'
water and Allah would make him wake for whatever part of the night He
wished, and he would use the siwak and do wudu' and then pray." [Muslim]

1199. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "How many times have I told you about the siwak!"
[al-Bukhari]

1200. Shurayh ibn Hani' said, "I asked 'A'isha, 'What did the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, do first when he entered his house?' She
replied, 'Use the siwak.'" [Muslim]

1201. Abu Musa al-Ash'ari said, "I visited the Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, and the end of the siwak was on his tongue." [Agreed upon]

1202. 'A'isha reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "The siwak is purification for the mouth and pleasing to the Lord."
[an-Nasa'i]

1203. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "The natural form of man (fitra) involves five things -
or there are five things which are part of the natural form of man:
circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, cutting the nails, removing hair from the
armpits and trimming the moustache." [Agreed upon]

1204. 'A'isha said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, 'Ten things make up man's natural form: trimming the moustache,
letting the beard grow, using the siwak, snuffing water up the nose, cutting the
nails, washing the knuckles, removing hair from the armpits, shaving the pubic
hair and using water in the lavatory.'" The narrator said, "I forgot the tenth.
It could be rinsing the mouth." [Muslim]

1205. Ibn 'Umar reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "Trim the moustache and let the beard grow." [Agreed upon]

Now days we as Muslims have to spread the voice to learn quran and so we could gain the true knowledge and the quran teaching that is give to us by our beloved prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and do quran reading. Do we as Muslim ask our self that why we are at the peak of destruction? The answer will be simple that we have left our roots the holy quran we should guide promote Islam from in our homes first and let learn our kids quran  and encourage them in doing quran memorization this should be our first goal for it we can do different stuff like let then participate in different online quran recitation competition to let them listen quran from different online quran reciters and along with it we elders should learn quran also and improve our knowledge of quran and Islam and learn holy quran tafseer because to understand and learn quran Arabic and for this now a days there are many online quran tutor available who teach tajweed quran and its translation and tafseer so let us join our hands to be the voice of Islam and let improve the image of it as well and full fill our deputy

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