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What is the ruling of miswak in wudu? Is it fard, Sunnah or mustahab?

· 12 Shaʻban 1435 AH1 min readFatwa 29429English

Question

What is the ruling of miswak in wudu? Is it fard, Sunnah or mustahab?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is Sunnah to do miswak when performing wudu.[1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Zakariya Memon

Student Darul Iftaa
Chatham, Canada

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1]

(1) (وَالسِّوَاكُ) سُنَّةٌ مُؤَكَّدَةٌ كَمَا فِي الْجَوَاهِرِ عِنْدَ الْمَضْمَضَةِ، وَقِيلَ: قَبْلَهَا، وَهُوَ لِلْوُضُوءِ عِنْدَنَا إلَّا إذَا نَسِيَهُ فَيُنْدَبُ لِلصَّلَاةِ؛ (الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار) (1/ 113)

(2) وَالسِّوَاكُ) بِالْكَسْرِ: بِمَعْنَى الْعُودِ الَّذِي يُسْتَاكُ بِهِ (الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار) (1/ 113)

(3) ومن السنّة السواك،( المحيط البرهاني (1/ 7)

(4) فتاوى محمودية ج5 رص47

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