Miswak Is The Best Remedy For The Teeth

If Miswak is used properly, Insha-Allah, teeth will be free of ailments. You might think that you have been using miswak for many years, yet both your teeth and stomach are bad. My The Manners Pertaining to Food dear naive Islamic Brothers! This is not the fault of the Miswak, but rather your own. From my experience, there are only a few people amongst a thousand who actually use the Miswak properly. We brush (using Miswak) in rush. In other words we don’t use Miswak but fulfill its formality.

Fourteen Pearls of Wisdom Pertaining To Miswak:

1. Miswak [1] should be as thick as the little finger (also known as the pinky).

2. Miswak should not be longer than your hand span.

3. The strands of the Miswak should be soft otherwise they might hurt your gums and may cause your teeth to move away from each other, hence creating space between the teeth.

4. If Miswak is not fresh, then place it in a glass of water to make it soft.

5. Trim the strands every day because the strands are only beneficial when they still possess some bitterness in them.

6. Brush your teeth horizontally with Miswak.

7. Always brush your teeth with Miswak three times.

8. And wash it after every use.

9. Hold the Miswak with the right hand and allow the middle three fingers to be on top, the thumb at the beginning (near the soft strands that are used to brush the teeth) and the little finger underneath.

10. First brush (with Miswak) the upper jaw starting from the right and then the left. Thereafter, clean the lower jaw again starting from the right and then the left.

11. Using Miswak while one is lying on his back can cause the spleen to enlargen.

12. Holding the Miswak in the fist can cause piles when brushing your teeth with.

13. Miswak is considered as Sunnat-e-Qabliyyah [Sunnah that is done prior to] in Wudū [Ablution], however, it becomes Sunnat-e-Mu′akkidah [emphasized Sunnah] if foul smell emanates from the mouth. (Fatawa Radawiyyah (Jadid), pp. 223, vol. 1)