Is there a difference between the wet and dry miswak for the fasting person?

The questioner : And is it disliked with the wet stick? There are two narrations on this: one is that it is not disliked, because it is narrated from 'Umar, Ali, and Ibn 'Umar; the other is that it is disliked, because one cannot be certain that parts of it will not dissolve and break his fast.

The Shaykh : I hold that it is. Do you not hear the alif? Is the hamza on a waw?

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : It appears that the meaning here is that it is not obligatory.

The questioner : Chapter on the dislike of sorcery.

The Shaykh : There is no difference between the wet and the dry, but if the wet one has a taste, he must not swallow its taste.