415. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “It is of one’s nature to gargle the mouth and rinse the nose, and to brush teeth.”1
416. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Clean your gums from food and brush your teeth, and do not come to me with yellow teeth and a bad odour of the mouth.”2
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Washing Hands before Sleeping
417. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “He who goes to bed with oily hands and is then afflicted with something, he should not blame anyone but himself.”3
418. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “If any of you has a smelling oily hand and does not wash it before going to bed and is then afflicted with something, he should not blame anyone but himself.”4
419. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Beware that he who goes to bed while his hands smell of fat should not blame anyone but himself.”5
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Cutting Nails
420. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Shortening your nails hinders the great sickness, and brings about sustenance.”6
1.. Sunan Ibn Mājah, vol. ۱, p. ۱۰۷, h. ۲۹۴. al-Sunan al-Kubrā, vol. ۱, p. ۸۸, h. ۲۴۲. Both narrating from ‘Ammār ibn Yāsir.
2.. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۶, p. ۶۵۵, h. ۱۷۲۳۹, narrating from al-Hakim from ‘Abdullah ibn Kathir.
3.. Sunan al-Tirmidhi, vol. ۴, p. ۲۸۹, h. ۱۸۵۹. Musnad Ibn Hanbal, vol. ۳, p. ۲۵۱, h. ۸۵۳۹. Both narrating from Abu Hurayrah.
4.. Sunan Ibn Mājah, vol. ۲, p. ۱۰۹۶, h. ۳۲۹۷, narrating from Abu Hurayrah.
5.. Sunan Ibn Mājah, vol. ۲, p. ۱۰۹۶, h. ۳۲۹۶, narrating from Imām al-Husain (a.s.) from his mother Fātimah (a.s.). Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۵, p. ۲۴۲, h. ۴۰۷۵۹, narrating from it.
6.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۴۹۰, h. ۱, narrating from al-Hasan ibn Rāsihd. Thawāb al-A‘māl, p. ۴۲, h. ۴, narrating from Abu Basir. Jāmi‘ al-Akhbār, p. ۳۳۴, h. ۹۴۳. Both narrating from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.) from the Prophet (s.a.w.), with ‘increases sustenance’ instead of ‘and brings about sustenance’. al-Khisāl, p. ۶۱۱, h. ۱۰, narrating from Abu Basir and Muhammad ibn Muslim from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.). Tuhaf al-‘Uqul, p. ۱۰۱. Both narrating from Imām ‘Ali (a.s.). Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۷۶, p. ۱۱۹, h. ۲.
