The hand with which the miswak is held
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some scholars mentioned a distinction regarding the issue of holding the miswak in the hand. They said that if it is for the obligatory prayer, he holds it in his right hand, and if it is to remove a nuisance, he holds it in his left hand. What is your opinion, or is it held in the left hand in all cases?
Answer:
What I know is that the scholars say it is held in the left hand, and they did not distinguish between one state and another, because it is removing a nuisance, removing an odor, and removing a nuisance from the teeth, and removing a nuisance is done with the left hand, whereas I know nothing about this distinction.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, some scholars mentioned a distinction regarding the issue of holding the miswak in the hand. They said that if it is for the obligatory prayer, he holds it in his right hand, and if it is to remove a nuisance, he holds it in his left hand. What is your opinion, or is it held in the left hand in all cases?
Answer:
What I know is that the scholars say it is held in the left hand, and they did not distinguish between one state and another, because it is removing a nuisance, removing an odor, and removing a nuisance from the teeth, and removing a nuisance is done with the left hand, whereas I know nothing about this distinction.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 — youtube.com (31:56)
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