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Bulugh al-Maram: Hadith 103

1. The Book of Purification

بلوغ المرام

1/7 Chapter:

The Manners of Answering the Call of Nature

باب قضاء الحاجة

103
Bulugh al-Maram
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- عَنْ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-قَالَ: { لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ مَعَ كُلِّ وُضُوءٍ } أَخْرَجَهُ مَالِكٌ, وأَحْمَدُ, وَالنَّسَائِيُّ, وَصَحَّحَهُ اِبْنُ خُزَيْمَة َ (42)‏ .‏
Narrated Abu Huraira (rad):
Allah's Messenger (rad) said "Had I not feared burdening my Ummah, I would have commanded them to use Siwak before every Salat" [Reported by Malik, Ahmad and An-Nasai. Ibn Khuzaima graded it Sahih (sound) and Al-Bukhari mentioned as a Mu'allaq (suspended "“ without its chain of narrators).
Reference: Bulugh al-Maram 32
In-book : Book 1, Hadith 37
English translation : Book 1, Hadith 36