Mustard (Miswak), Tooth Brush Tree | Health Benefits, Uses & Cures in Holy Qur’an & Ahadith

Family:   Salvadoraceae

Genus:    Salvadora

Species:  S. persica

Arabic Name: Shajar-e-Miswak, Al-Arak, Khardal

English name: Tooth brush tree, Mustard tree

Tibb name: Pilun, Jhal

Musturd Miswak HealthBenefits, Uses & Cures:

۩ Helps relieving toothaches

۩ Triggers the teeth to sparkle

۩ Eliminates the yellowishness of the teeth

۩ Improves the eye-sight

۩ Helpful for the health of your whole body

۩ Antidote to poison

۩ Useful in rheumatism and scurvy

۩ Useful in biliousness

۩ Asthma and cough

۩ Poultice for tumour and pile

۩ Fruit edible

۩ Carminative

۩ Diuretic and Deobstruent

۩ Enhances the memory

۩ Eliminates slime

۩ Produces aroma in the mouth

۩ Strengthens the gums

۩ Blocks tooth decay

۩ Stops further grow of decay

۩ Remedy for headaches

۩ Helps the process of Digestive function

۩ treatment for a specific mouth disease called Qilaa

۩ Clears the voice

۩ Trigger the appetite

۩Boosts the eloquence of one’s speech

Tooth brush tree, Mustard tree (Miswak / Siwak) in Holy Qur’an:

۝ But they turned away (from the obedience of Allah), so we sent against them Sail Al-‘Arim (flood released from the dam) and we converted their two gardens into gardens producing bitter bad fruit and tamarisks and some few lote-trees. (Sura Saba, Verse 16)

Tooth brush tree, Mustard tree (Miswak / Siwak) in Ahadith:  

۞ Hazrat ‘Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The Miswak (tooth-stick) cleanses and purifies the mouth and pleases the Rubb.” [An-Nasa’i and Ibn Khuzaimah]. (Riyad as-Salihin, The Book of Virtues, Book 9, Hadith 212)

۞ Narrated Anas (may allah be pleased with him):

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “I have told you repeatedly to use the Siwak. (The Prophet (ﷺ) put emphasis on the use of the Siwak.) (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Friday Prayer, Book 11, Hadith 13)

۞ Narrated Abu Burda (may allah be pleased with him):

My father said, “I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and saw him carrying a Siwak in his hand and cleansing his teeth, saying, ‘U’ U’,” as if he was retching while the Siwak was in his mouth.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Ablutions (Wudu’), Book 4, Hadith 111)

۞ Hazrat ‘Aishah (may allah be pleased with her) narrated:

“The Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) would clean his teeth with the Siwak, then he would give me the Siwak in order to wash it. So I would first use it myself, then wash it and return it. (Sunan Abi Dawud, Book of Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah), Book 1, Hadith 52)

۞ Narrated Hudhaifa (may allah be pleased with him):

Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) got up at night, he used to clean his mouth with Siwak. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Ablutions (Wudu’), Book 4, Hadith 112)

۞ Narrated Hudhaifa (may allah be pleased with him):

Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) got up for Tahajjud prayer he used to clean his mouth (and teeth) with Siwak. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Prayer at Night (Tahajjud), Book 19, Hadith 17)

۞ Abu Hurayra (may allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Five things are included in the fitra:

trimming the moustache, cutting the nails, shaving the pubic hair, plucking the armpits, and using the siwak (arak stick for cleaning the teeth).”

(Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, Book 53, Hadith 1257)

۞ Narrated Abu Huraira (may allah be pleased with him):

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “If I had not found it hard for my followers or the people, I would have ordered them to clean their teeth with Siwak for every prayer.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Friday Prayer, Book 11, Hadith 12)

۞ ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Abu ‘Atiq (may allah be pleased with him) said:

“My father told me: ‘I heard Hazrat ‘Aishah (may allah be pleased with him) say, (narrating) from the Prophet (ﷺ): “Siwak is a means of purification for the mouth and is pleasing to the Lord.” (Sunan an-Nasa’i, The Book of Purification – كتاب الطهارة, Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 5,   Grade: Sahih by Darussalam)

۞ Narrated Hazrat ‘Aishah (may allah be pleased with her):

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Ten are from the Fitrah: Paring the mustache, leaving the beard to grow, Siwak, cleaning the nose with water, paring the fingernails, washing the knuckles, plucking the underarm hair, shaving the pubic hairs, and Intiqas with water.” (Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Chapters on Manners, Vol. 5, Book 41, Hadith 2757,   Grade : Sahih by Darussalam)