1.         First brush (with the Miswak) the top right row of the teeth followed by the top left row. Then the bottom right row and lastly the bottom left row of the teeth.

2.         Using the Miswak while holding it in the fist, poses the risk of piles.

3.         Miswak is a Sunnah before the performance of Wudu but if one has bad breath, using the Miswak becomes Sunnat-ul-Muakkadah.

(Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 1, pp. 623)

4.         Do not throw away a used Miswak or its strands as it is a tool used to act upon a Sunnah. Rather, keep it somewhere respectfully, bury it or put it into the sea.

To learn various Sunan, get the following books, Bahar-e-Shari’at part 16 comprising of 312 pages and Sunnatayn aur Adaab, comprising of 120 pages, both published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami. One of the best ways to learn Sunan is to travel in the Madani Qafilahs of Dawat-e-Islami with the lovers of the Beloved Prophet.

مجھ کو جَذبہ دے سفر کرتا رہوں پَروَردِگار سُنتَّوں کی تربیَّت کے قافلے میں بار بار

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد