Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 376

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Mishkat al-Masabih 376
Arabic hadith text

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِتَأْخِيرِ الْعشَاء وبالسواك عِنْد كل صَلَاة»

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abū Hurayra reported that the Messenger of God said: ‘Were it not that I would burden my community, I would command them to delay the night prayer and to use the tooth-stick at every prayer.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The accompanying grading labels this report muttafaq ʿalayh (‘agreed upon’). The Arabic refers to the night prayer (ʿishāʾ) and the tooth-stick (siwāk).