Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَلَاءِ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ قَالَهُ لَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَأَمَرْتُهُمْ بِالسِّوَاكِ مَعَ الْوُضُوءِ و قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَسْتَنُّ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنَامَ وَبَعْدَ مَا أَسْتَيْقِظُ وَقَبْلَ مَا آكُلُ وَبَعْدَ مَا آكُلُ حِينَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَا قَالَ.
English Translation
Abu al-'Ala' al-Hasan ibn Sawwar narrated to us, he said: Layth narrated to us, from Khalid ibn Yazid, from Sa'id ibn Abi Hilal, from 'Abd al-Rahman al-A'raj, from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said - if indeed he said it: "Were it not that I would burden my Ummah, I would have ordered them to use the siwak (tooth-stick) with every ablution." Abu Hurayrah said: "I used to brush my teeth before sleeping and after waking up, and before eating and after eating, when I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say what he said."