It sweetens the breath and prevents cavities...

It sweetens the breath and prevents cavities; and it is my siwak and the siwak of all the prophets before me.”[^13] In Jami’ al-Akhbar: In a hadith from ‘Ali (as) from the Holy Prophet (S): The one who brushes his teeth twice a day has perpetuated the sunnah of the prophets (as).[^14] [^1]: al-Kafi 6:495 [^2]: al-Khisal 2:611, Makarim al-Akhlaq: 51, al-Kafi 6:495, al-Ja’fariyat: 15, al-Mahasin: 562, Tuhf al-’Uqul: 101 [^3]: Makarim al-Akhlaq: 39 [^4]: al-Kafi 3:445, Majma’ al-Bayan 2:555, Tahdhib al-Ahkam: 35 [^5]: al-Muqni’: 8 [^6]: Makarim al-Akhlaq: 35 [^7]: A type of tree.

(Tr.) [^8]: Makarim al-Akhlaq: 39 [^9]: al-Mahasin: 563 [^10]: al-Faqih 1:53 [^11]: Ibid., 1:481 [^12]: al-Kafi 3:23 [^13]: Quoted by al-Nuri in al-Mustadrak 1:369 from Lubb al-Lubab [^14]: Jami’ al-Akhbar: 68 Previous…