Is the circulated story true that the Companions almost lost a battle in one of the غزوات (expeditions) because they forgot the Sunnah of the Miswak?
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This story has no basis. Muhammad al-Shuqairi, in his book "Al-Sunan wal-Mubtada'at al-Muta'alliqah bil-Adhkar wal-" (The and Innovations Related to Dhikr and Prayers), judged it to be false. It narrates that the Companions fought the disbelievers and retreated, then they remembered the siwak, so they used a palm frond as siwak. The disbelievers thought they were sharpening their teeth to eat them, so they fled in terror.
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