Sayyiduna Ibn ‘Abbas رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمَا has narrated: Miswak has ten virtues. It cleans the mouth, strengthens the gums and eyesight, removes phlegm and mouth smell, pleases the angels, increases good deeds and settles the stomach. Above all, it is a means of Divine pleasure and is a Sunnah. (Jam’-ul-Jawami’ lis-Suyuti, vol. 5, pp. 249, Hadees 14867)

Sayyiduna Imam Shaafi’i رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated, ‘There are four things that enhance one’s intellect: Avoiding useless talking, using Miswak, keeping the company of the pious and acting upon one’s Islamic knowledge.

(Hayat-ul-Haywan lid-Dameeri, vol. 2, pp. 166)

Parable: Sayyiduna Abdul Wahhab Sha’rani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has narrated: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Shibli Baghdadi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه once needed Miswak for Wudu. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه searched for it but could not find. Eventually, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه bought a Miswak for one dinar, i.e. a gold coin and used it. Some people commented, ‘You have spent a lot of money. It is very expensive.’ He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied, ‘The world and everything in it is not even as much important in the court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ as a mosquito’s wing. If, on the Day of Judgement, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ asks me – why did you miss the Sunnah of My Beloved Rasool? The wealth I bestowed upon you was not even as much important in My court as a mosquito’s wing. Why did you not spend such inferior