Holding the Miswak in the Right or Left Hand
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Question:
A woman asks the Shaykh, may Allah be truthful with you: Some scholars mentioned a distinction regarding the issue of holding the miswak in the hand. They said that if it is for the time of prayer, one holds it in the right hand, and if it is to remove a nuisance, one holds it in the left hand. What is your opinion, or is it held in the left hand absolutely?
Answer:
What I know is that the scholars say to hold it in the left hand, and they did not distinguish between one state and another, because it is for removing a nuisance, removing an odor, and removing a nuisance from the teeth, and removing a nuisance is done with the left hand. As for this distinction, I know nothing about it.
A woman asks the Shaykh, may Allah be truthful with you: Some scholars mentioned a distinction regarding the issue of holding the miswak in the hand. They said that if it is for the time of prayer, one holds it in the right hand, and if it is to remove a nuisance, one holds it in the left hand. What is your opinion, or is it held in the left hand absolutely?
Answer:
What I know is that the scholars say to hold it in the left hand, and they did not distinguish between one state and another, because it is for removing a nuisance, removing an odor, and removing a nuisance from the teeth, and removing a nuisance is done with the left hand. As for this distinction, I know nothing about it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/11 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (31:56)
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