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Malik Muwatta: Hadith 145

2. Purity

موطأ مالك

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Malik Muwatta
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏‏ لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ ‏"‏ ‏‏
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu 'z Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Were it not that I would be overburdening my community I would have ordered them to use a tooth-stick."
Reference: USC-MSA web (English) : Book 2, Hadith 116
Arabic : Book 2, Hadith 145