Riyad as-Salihin
Riyad as-Salihin 353
Revering the Scholars and Elders, Preferring them to others and raising their Status
Arabic hadith text
وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: " أراني في المنام أتسوك بسواك، فجاءني رجلان، أحدهما أكبر من الآخر، فناولت السواك الأصغر، فقيل لي: كبر، فدفعته إلى الأكبر منهما" ((رواه مسلم والبخاري تعليقًا)).
Translation
'Abdullah bin 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with tehm) reported
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It was shown to me in my dream that I was cleaning my teeth with a Miswak and two men came to me, one being older than the other. I gave the Miswak to the younger one, but I was asked to give it to the older, which I did".[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].