\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z Zinad from al-Araj from\nAbu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant\nhim peace, said, "Were it not that I would be overburdening my\ncommunity I would have ordered them to use a tooth-stick."\n\n

\n\n \nYahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z Zinad from al-Araj from\nAbu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant\nhim peace, said, "Were it not that I would be overburdening my\ncommunity I would have ordered them to use a tooth-stick."\n\n

وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏\n"‏ لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏