The prophet ( - ) strongly urged his ’Ummah to use Siw?k even on his death bed for doing so, specially on Friday, one wins All?h’s ( - عز وجل -) pleasure.

It is worth mentioning here the invaluable benefit Shikh Ibn Taymiyyah reported [in his Fat?w?] and which many people need when using Siw?k; he said: ‘One should use his left hand when using the Siw?k. This is Im?m Ahmad’s view as reported by Ibn Mans?r Al-Kawsaj in his “Mas?‘il”. None of the Im?ms held an opposite opinion -as far as I know- for using the Siw?k is a way of cleaning oneself just like blowing the nose, cleaning oneself from Naj?sah and the like; all such acts must be done using one’s left hand’. (1)

The prophet’s ( - ) statement ‘ ... and should apply perfume if one could find some’ correspond with that which Muslim narrated ‘ ... and apply whatever one could afford of perfume’. Another narration states: ‘ ... even if it was women’s perfume’.

All of the aforementioned narrations affirm the act of applying perfume when going to the Jumu‘ah Sal?t for they stated that: [First:] one could apply a little amount even if it was only by touching it and this makes the order easy to be applied. [Second:] the words “whatever one could afford” in the aforementioned narrations affirm that one should do whatever is with one’s capability to apply perfume. However, it could be interpreted as applying perfume as much as one could find. The first interpretation is, however, the sounder. [Third:] The order is even more affirmed by the prophet’s ( - ) permission for the one who couldn’t afford men’s perfume to use women’s perfume, although it is a detested act in general for women’s perfume has slight scent and is coloured. (2)

In Salm?n’s aforementioned had?th, the reward of forgiving one’s sins -commited between the two Fridays- has an important