Using a miswak that has been used by someone else
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it part of the Sunnah for a man to take another man's miswak and use it? And is the hadith of 'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) giving the miswak of her brother 'Abd al-Rahman to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) after he had chewed on it cited as evidence?
Answer:
A person does not use a miswak that someone else has used, because this is something that people's souls dislike. However, if the miswak has not been used, or if he cut it and gave someone a part of it that had not been used, there is nothing wrong with that. The story of 'Aishah falls into this category; there was a miswak with her brother that he had not used, and that is why he chewed on it for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it part of the Sunnah for a man to take another man's miswak and use it? And is the hadith of 'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) giving the miswak of her brother 'Abd al-Rahman to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) after he had chewed on it cited as evidence?
Answer:
A person does not use a miswak that someone else has used, because this is something that people's souls dislike. However, if the miswak has not been used, or if he cut it and gave someone a part of it that had not been used, there is nothing wrong with that. The story of 'Aishah falls into this category; there was a miswak with her brother that he had not used, and that is why he chewed on it for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب السواك وسنن الفطرة — islamhouse.com (44:17)
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