لَوْلَا اَنْ اَشُقَّ عَلٰى اُمَّتِيْ لَاَمَرْتُهُمْ اَنْ يُّـؤََخِّـرُوا الْعِشَاءَ اِلٰى ثُلُثِ اللَّيْلِ اَوْ نِصْفِہٖ - “If I did not consider it burdensome for my Ummah, I would have commanded them to delay ꜤIshā salah until one-third or half of the night.”^[1]

وَلَوْلاَ ضَعْفُ الضَّعِيفِ وَسُقْمُ السَّقِيمِ لَاَخَّرْتُ هٰذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ اِلٰى شَطْرِ اللَّيْلِ  - “If not for the frailty of the elderly and the sickness of the ill, I would have delayed this salah (i.e., ꜤIshā) until the middle of the night."^[2]

Dear Islamic brothers! These hadith teach us that the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  could have altered the timing of ꜤIshā, making it so that performing it earlier than one-third or half of the night would not have been permissible. Likewise, he could have made miswak obligatory in Wudu, making wudu invalid without it.^[3]  

Yet, thinking of ease and comfort for his Ummah, he did not do so.

Remember! Miswak is a very beloved Sunnah of our Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ . It is narrated from Umm al-Muʾminīn, Lady ꜤĀishah al-Ṣiddīqah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا:

اَنَّ النَّبِیَّ صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ اِذَا دَخَلَ بَیْتَہُ بَدَاَ بِالسِّوَاکِ

When the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  entered his home, he would first make use of miswak.^[4]

We also know that when awakening from sleep at day or night, he would use miswak before performing wudu.^[5]