Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 378

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Mishkat al-Masabih 378
Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَامَ لِلتَّهَجُّدِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَشُوصُ فَاهُ بِالسِّوَاكِ

Translation

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Ḥudhayfa said: ‘When the Prophet got up at night for tahajjud, he would clean his mouth with the tooth-stick.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The accompanying grading labels this report muttafaq ʿalayh (‘agreed upon’). Tahajjud is voluntary night prayer.