Sahih Muslim Book: 3, Hadith: 252

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ لَوْلاَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ – وَفِي حَدِيثِ زُهَيْرٍ عَلَى أُمَّتِي – لأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ عِنْدَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ Abu Huraira reported:The Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Were it not that I might over-burden the believers-and in the hadith transmitted by Zuhair” people” -I would have ordered them to use toothstick at every time of prayer. Chain : Qutayba bin Sa’id bin Jamil – ‘Amr bin Muhammad bin Bukayr (al-Naqid) – Zuhayr bin Harb – Sufyan bin ‘Uyaynah – Abu al-Zanad – ‘Abdur Rahman bin Harmaz al-A’araj – Abu Hurairah Data Source Disclaimer: The data presented on this website has been meticulously collected from Sunnah.com , a recogniz...