Chapter 96: About Starting with the Right Side for Honorable Acts

Translation: [ The Messenger of Allah used to start honorable acts such as the ablution, dressing, combing his hair, entering the mosque, eating and drinking, etc. with the right side (hand or foot). Other acts such as cleansing the two orifices, blowing the nose, entering the bathroom, etc., the Messenger of Allah used to start such acts with the left side (hand or foot).

Translation: This shows us how Islam guides its followers to follow hygienic rules that guarantee good health and a clean environment.

This shows also that what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has received is revelation, for we know that such etiquette was not known among the Arabs before Islam, in addition to the fact that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .was illiterate

And now, let us read what Imam Al-Nawawi compiled in the same concern.]

Translation: Allah said:

Translation: “ Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: " Here! Read my Record! * Surely, I did believe that I shall meet my Account! " * So he shall be in a life, well-pleasing * In a lofty Paradise * The fruits in bunches whereof will be low and near at hand * Eat and drink at ease for that which you have sent on before you in days. past! * (69: 19-24) And

Translation: " So those on the Right Hand (i.e. those who will be given their Records in their right hands) - how (fortunate) will be those on the Right Hand? * And those on the Left Hand (those who will be given their Records in their left hands), Who will be those on the Left Hand? * " (56: 8-9)

Translation: There are many hadiths to this effect.

343. Narrated A'isha: ' The Prophet liked to start with the right side on wearing shoes, combing his hair, cleaning or washing himself, and on doing anything else. ' (Bukhari)

Translation: 344. Narrated Umm Atiyya: ' Allah's Messenger came to us when his daughter died and said: " Wash her three, five, or more times with water and Nabk leaves, if you think it is required, and sprinkle camphor or something of it on her at the end. When you finish, notify me. ” So when we finished, we informed him and he gave us his waist-sheet and told us to shroud her in it. ' (Bukhari)

Translation: 345. Narrated Abu-Huraira ' Allah's Messenger said: " If you want to put your shoes on, put the right shoe on first; and if you want to take them off, take the left one off first. Let the right shoe be the first to be put on and the last to be taken off. " (Bukhari)

Translation: 346. Narrated A'isha: ' Whenever the Prophet took the bath of Janaba (after sexual relations or a wet dream) he asked for the Hilâb or some (other scent). He used to take it in his hand, rub it first over the right side of his head and then over the left and then rub the middle of his head (with both hands). (Bukhari)

Translation: 347. Narrated Anas ibn Malek: ' After the Prophet had thrown Jamra (the stones thrown during Hajj), he slaughtered his Hady (the ritual slaughter during Hajj), then he came to the barber and let him shave the right side of the head. He shaved it and gave the hair to Abu-Talha. Then he gave the left side of the head to the barber who shaved it. Then he gave the hair to Abu-Talha ordering him to distribute it among the people. '