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him) and it was his practice in addition to being one of an instinctive behavior. Prophet
Muhammad (peace & blessings of Allah be upon him) had encouraged his companions to
use it especially right before prayer. It was related that Abu Huraira said that the Prophet
said: “Had it not been difficult for the believers - and Zuhair related – for my nation – I
would have ordered them to use the tooth stick before every prayer.” (Muslim). The Siwak
makes Muslim’s mouth purified and has a nice smell in meeting Allah in prayer and not to
annoy Angels and Muslims who are praying beside him by bad smells. Furthermore, Siwak
has a great reward as it was narrated by Aisha (may God be pleased with her) said that the
Prophet said: “Siwak purifies the mouth and pleases God.” (Sahih Al- Bukhari).
B- Deeds related to Masjid (Mosques):
1- Walking to Masjid (Mosques):
It was related that Abu Hurairah said that the Messenger of Allah said: "If anyone puri-
fies himself in his house, and then walks to one of the houses of Allah to fulfill one of the
obligations laid down by Allah, then [each one] of his steps will erase one of his sins and
the next will raise his degrees." (Sahih Muslim). Abu Hurairah reports that the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If anyone goes back and forth to the
mosque [to attend the prayers], Allah will prepare for him a feast in paradise as often as
he goes back and forth." (This is related by Ahmad, al-Bukhari, and Muslim). Indeed, walk-
ing to the mosques five times a day increases our reward and reduces our shortcomings and
sins. Because of that the best houses are the houses which are the furthest from mosques.
There is a story of the sons of Salamah, that they wanted to transfer their houses beside the
mosque and when the Prophet of God was informed about this, he told them, “I was in-
formed that you want to transfer beside the mosque”. They said “yes Prophet of God we
wanted that”. The Prophet said: “Sons of Salamah, the locations of your houses determine
your rewards.” (Muslim). It is also narrated by Abu Musa :The Prophet of God said: “The
people who get tremendous reward for As-Salat (the prayer) are those who are farthest
away (from the mosque) and then those who are next farthest and so on. Similarly one
who waits to pray with the Imam has greater reward than one who prays and goes to
bed.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari).
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