Daily SunnahOn waking

The siwak on rising at night

السواك عند القيام من الليل

He ﷺ cleaned his mouth with the siwak when he rose at night.

Sahih

The practice

Hudhayfa reports in al-Bukhari that when the Prophet ﷺ got up at night, he cleaned his mouth with the siwak. islamweb's fatwa counts waking among the times the siwak is recommended, with ablution, prayer and coming home.

Evidence

Sahih

Sahih al-Bukhari 245

Grades
GraderVerdict
al-BukhariSahih (included by al-Bukhari in his Sahih) (Sahih)
Full narration

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يَشُوصُ فَاهُ بِالسِّوَاكِ‏.‏

Narrated Hudhaifa:Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) got up at night, he used to clean his mouth with Siwak

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