Excerpt: Healing with the Medicine of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) –Ibn Qayyim Pages 280-282
1.
The best type of Siwak is made from the Arak Trees. Further, one should
not use an unknown tree for Siwak for it might be poisonous.
3.
When the Siwak is used moderately, it will polish the teeth, strengthen
the roots of the teeth, help the tongue, prevent plaque, perfume the
breath, clear the mind and strengthen the appetite.
4. The best way to use the Siwak is by soaking it in rose water. Also the best type of Siwak is made from walnut stems.
The
author of At-Taysir said, “It was said that when one uses the Siwak
every five days, it will clear the head, sharpen the senses and alert
the mind.”
5.
Siwak is beneficial for many reasons, such as perfuming the breath,
strengthening the gingival, clearing the phlegm and the sight and the
preventing cavities.
6.
It also preserves the heath of the stomach, clears the voice, helps the
digestion process, helps make the speech clear and encourages one to
recite the Qur’an, remember Allah and pray.
7. Siwak also fights sleepiness, pleases the Lord, delights the angels and increases the number of good deeds.
8.
Siwak is preferred at any time, especially before the Prayer, ablution,
when waking up and when the mouths foul odor. It is also preferred for
those who are fasting and all other people at all times.
9. There are Ahadith that allow this practice for those who are fasting, because it is beneficial for them and pleases the Lord.
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