also get stuck in the gaps. These particles rot and germs grow there. As a result, infections of eyesight in addition to other diseases are developed. Eyesight goes weak and sometimes the person becomes blind.
You may think that I have been using the Miswak for several years but my teeth and stomach are still disturbed. My naive Islamic brothers! It is your own fault, not that of Miswak. I have reached the conclusion that there may be one among millions who performs Miswak properly. Most of us just rub the Miswak hurriedly on our teeth while performing Wudu. It may be said that we practise ‘a custom of Miswak’ and do not follow its proper method.
Two sayings of Beloved Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم:
1. To offer two Rak’aat after one has used Miswak is preferable to the seventy Rak’aat offered without using Miswak.
(Attargheeb Wattarheeb, vol. 1, pp. 102, Hadees 18)
Make it necessary for you to use Miswak because it cleans the mouth and brings about the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. (Musnad Imam Ahmad Bin Hanbal, vol. 2, pp. 438, Hadees 5869)