Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:1301 حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا قَبِيصَةُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الصَّيْقَلِ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ بَيَّاعِ الْأَنْمَاطِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ تَمِيمِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ أَوِ ابْنِ تَمَّامِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا لِي أَرَاكُمْ تَأْتُونِي قُلْحًا اسْتَاكُوا فَلَوْلَا أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَى أُمَّتِي لَفَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِمُ السِّوَاكَ كَمَا فُرِضَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ»
English Translation
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Why do I see you coming to me with discolored teeth? Use the tooth-stick (miswak)! Were it not that I would burden my community, I would have made the tooth-stick obligatory upon them just as prayer was made obligatory."