Using the Miswak While Standing

Question

Is it established from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he used the miswak while walking about or while standing, or not?

Answer

At the moment this does not come to my mind. Editor's note: no explicit statement was found about using the miswak while walking about or standing; however, the fuqaha have written that it is makruh only to use the miswak lying down: [ar]وَيُكْرَهُ مُضْطَجِعًا لِأَنَّهُ يُورِثُ كِبَرَ الطِّحَالِ[/ar] “And [using it] lying down is makruh, because it causes enlargement of the…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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