When should he use the siwaak if he wants to do wudoo’?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=982602223021&id=edc1eac91984d64c254f7288fed8b61a&url=http%3a%2f%2fkitabundsunnah.files.wordpress.com%2f2008%2f06%2fsiwak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" src="http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=982602223021&id=edc1eac91984d64c254f7288fed8b61a&url=http%3a%2f%2fkitabundsunnah.files.wordpress.com%2f2008%2f06%2fsiwak.jpg" style="height: 136px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 136px;" /></a>Praise be to Allaah. </div><div class="answer" direction="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">The scholars are agreed that it is mustahabb to use the siwaak when doing wudoo’, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Were it not that it would cause hardship for my ummah, I would have instructed them to use the siwaak every time they do wudoo’.”<br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">Narrated by al-Bukhaari in a mu‘allaq report. Also narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah in his Saheeh (140) and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Irwa’ al-Ghaleel, 1/109 </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">It was also narrated by Ahmad (9612): “Were it not that it would cause hardship for my ummah, I would have instructed them to use the siwaak with every wudoo’.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami‘, 5317. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">The scholars differed concerning the time for using the siwaak when doing wudoo’. Some of them said that it should be before saying Bismillah for doing wudoo’ and some of them said that it should be when rinsing the mouth. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">Ibn Nujaym (may Allah have mercy on him) said: </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">There was a difference of opinion concerning the time for that. In al-Nihaayah and Fath al-Qadeer [which are books of the Hanafi madhhab] it says that it should be when rinsing the mouth. In al-Badaa’i‘ and al-Mujtaba it says that it should be before doing wudoo. But most scholars are of the former view, which is more likely to be correct, because it makes the mouth cleaner.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">End quote from al-Bahr al-Raa’iq, 1/21 </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">Al-Zarkashi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">The fact that it is mustahabb to use the siwaak is confirmed in several places, at the time of prayer and when rinsing the mouth during wudoo’.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">End quote from Sharh al-Zarkashi, 1/30 </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">Al-Shirwaani (may Allah have mercy on him) said:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">The view of the author – meaning Ibn Hajar al-Haytami – is in accordance with the majority, that it should be before saying Bismillah. And the view we adopt is that it should be after washing the hands and before rinsing the mouth.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">End quote from Hawaashi al-Shirwaani, 1/221 </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">What seems to be the case is that the matter is broad in scope, because there is no clear evidence from the Sunnah to stipulate any particular time. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">Using the siwaak when doing wudoo’ should be with rinsing the mouth, because this is the point at which the mouth is purified and the siwaak is for purifying the mouth, as it is narrated in a saheeh report from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) that he said: “The siwaak is purifying for the mouth and pleasing to the Lord.” So the siwaak should come with rinsing the mouth, but if you wish you may use the siwaak after finishing wudoo’ or if you wish you may use it before you start, but it is better if it is done when rinsing the mouth.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">End quote from al-Sharh al-Mukhtasar ‘ala Buloogh al-Maraam, 2/44 </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">He also said:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">The scholars said that it should be used when rinsing the mouth, because rinsing the mouth is purifying the mouth, so it should be done at that point. But if that is not possible, then it may be done after wudoo’. The matter is broad in scope. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">End quote from Liqa’ al-Baab al-Maftooh, 133/31 </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">The apparent meaning of the words of Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah have mercy on him) indicates that he thinks that the siwaak should be used before saying Bismillah for wudoo’, as he said:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">The way it – wudoo’ – is done is: using the siwaak, saying Bismillah, washing the hands three times – which is Sunnah – rinsing the mouth, snuffing water into the nose and blowing it out.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">End quote from al-Thamar al-Mustataab, p. 9 </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">And Allah knows best. </div></div><div direction="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="source" direction="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">Islam Q&A</div></div>

When should he use the siwaak if he wants to do wudoo’?

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