Specific Guidelines that relate to using the Siwak taken from this hadeeth:
a. It is praiseworthy to use a moist Siwak.
b. It is lawful for one to use the Siwak while he is walking, for Abdurrahmaan () entered upon the Prophet () while he was using the Siwak.
c. It is lawful to use the Siwak while one is in the presence of a scholar.
d. One should be encouraged to use the Siwak.
e. When one feels that he is about to pass away, it is praiseworthy for him to use the Siwak, in adherence to the Prophet's Sunnah.
f. One can ask his brother for a thing if he knows that he does not mind.
g. The Prophet () loved using the Siwak. In one narration in the collection of Imam Bukhari: Aishah, with whom Allah is pleased, said: 'I knew that he loved using the siwak, so I asked him: 'Shall I take it (and soften it) for you?'
i. It is praiseworthy for one to place rosewater scent or other lawful scents with the siwak.
j. If one wants to use the siwak on his tongue, he should use it to scrub it.
*One should use the Siwak before he gets up to pray, and between the Iqamah and the first Takbeerah.
Guidelines for Sleeping *Before one goes to sleep, they should consider what they have done throughout the day, of good and evil [and seek the forgiveness of Allah].
*One should lock the doors and put out the lights before going to sleep. The Prophet () said:
