What is the ruling on using the miswak during the day in Ramadan, and regarding the taste and small fragments it produces in the mouth, is it permissible to swallow them or expel them?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on using the miswak during the day in Ramadan, and regarding the taste and small fragments it produces in the mouth, is it permissible to swallow them or expel them?
The Shaykh : Fasting during the day in Ramadan is a recommended practice (sunnah) for the one who is fasting. The students: The miswak.
The Shaykh : What did you say?
The students: Fasting.
The Shaykh : Using the miswak during the day in Ramadan is a recommended practice (sunnah) for the one who is fasting, and likewise for the one who is fasting outside of Ramadan, whether that is before the sun reaches its zenith or after it, due to the generality of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan an-Nasa'i 5Sahih (Darussalam).
And all the hadiths reported regarding the miswak do not contain anything indicating an exception for those who are fasting.
And on this basis, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for them and for others.
But if the miswak has a taste or if it crumbles, then it is not befitting for the one who is fasting to use it, not because it is a miswak, but because of the fear that the taste may reach his stomach or that what crumbles from it may fall into his stomach.
So if he is careful and spits out the taste and spits out the crumbled parts, then there is nothing wrong with that.
The Shaykh : Fasting during the day in Ramadan is a recommended practice (sunnah) for the one who is fasting. The students: The miswak.
The Shaykh : What did you say?
The students: Fasting.
The Shaykh : Using the miswak during the day in Ramadan is a recommended practice (sunnah) for the one who is fasting, and likewise for the one who is fasting outside of Ramadan, whether that is before the sun reaches its zenith or after it, due to the generality of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Siwak is a means of purification for the mouth and is pleasing to the Lord.
السواك مطهرة للفم مرضاة للربAnd all the hadiths reported regarding the miswak do not contain anything indicating an exception for those who are fasting.
And on this basis, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for them and for others.
But if the miswak has a taste or if it crumbles, then it is not befitting for the one who is fasting to use it, not because it is a miswak, but because of the fear that the taste may reach his stomach or that what crumbles from it may fall into his stomach.
So if he is careful and spits out the taste and spits out the crumbled parts, then there is nothing wrong with that.