Is it permissible to use the siwak inside the mosque, or is the mosque solely for worship and not for cleaning teeth?
Using the miswak is a confirmed . Scholars have agreed that it is not disliked in the mosque; rather, narrations indicate that the Salaf used to use it there. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, encouraged the use of the miswak before every prayer.
Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned that using the miswak in the mosque is not disliked, and he based his argument on the permissibility of spitting and blowing one's nose in it, as well as performing ablution and prayer, for which the miswak is used.
The argument that it is prohibited because it is for cleaning teeth is refuted by the fact that using the miswak is pleasing to the Most Merciful and an act of worship.
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