Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 383
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَرْقُدُ مِنْ لَيْلٍ وَلَا نَهَارٍ فَيَسْتَيْقِظُ إِلَّا يَتَسَوَّكُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ. رَوَاهُ أَحْمد وَأَبُو دَاوُد
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
ʿĀʾisha said: ‘Whenever the Prophet slept, whether by night or by day, and then awoke, he used the tooth-stick before performing ablution.’ Aḥmad and Abū Dāwūd transmitted it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The accompanying grading labels this report ḥasan (good).