And peace and blessings be upon his trustworthy Messenger, and upon his family and all his Companions.

The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings be upon his trustworthy Messenger, and upon his family and all his Companions.
As for what follows, we are with the chapter on the miswak from *Umdat al-Ahkam*. The Hafiz, Imam 'Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi, said:
And it was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .

The Shaykh : Yes, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: , meaning that it would bring hardship upon them if he ordered them, meaning an order of obligation, to use the miswak with every prayer. This is because the miswak, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) described it: , is a purifier for the mouth, for it purifies the mouth, purifying it from what? From dirt and diseases. For this reason, the people who are least afflicted with tooth disease are those who use the miswak frequently. The best thing for the miswak is the arak wood, which is well known and famous. For it has a pleasant smell, a good flavor, and good cleansing properties.
And his saying: includes the obligatory prayer and the voluntary prayer. Indeed, it also includes the funeral prayer, for it is a prayer. So in this hadith there are benefits, among which are: