They move this piece of wood right and left inside their...

They move this piece of wood right and left inside their mouths while repeating this saying of the Prophet (S): Except for that I might make it difficult for my nation, I would order them to use the siwak before every prayer. Unfortunately, these people do not understand anything from the Prophet’s Sunna except what is on surface and apparent. They do not penetrate deep into the spiritual and scientific dimension of the Prophet’s deeds and sayings.

It is odd too that they stick to such deeds in a blind imitation with no proof or perception. They only repeat what they hear from their sheikhs and imams. Most of them are illiterate and they may often insist on the illiteracy of the Prophet (S) that he could not read and write, and thus they are the proud of the fact that they imitate the Prophet (S) in everything!!![^2] One day, I debated with some of…