Riyad as-Salihin
The Book of Good Manners
كتاب الأدب
Chapter 98: Excellence of Adopting Different Routes for Going and Returning on 'Eid Prayer and Various Other Occasions
- استح الذهاب إلى العيد وعيادة المريض والحج والغزو الجنازة ونحوها من طريق والرجوع من طريق آخر لتكثير مواضع العبادة
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to go by way of Ash-Shajarah and return by way of Al-Mu'arras. He would also enter Makkah through the Higher Pass and would leave it through the Lower Pass.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Chapter 99: Excellence of Using the Right Hand for Performing Various Good Acts
- استح تقديم اليمين في كل ماهو من التكريم كالوضوء والغسل والتيمم، ولبس الثوب والنعل والخف والسراويل ودخول المسجد، والسواك، والاكتحال، وتقليم الأظفار، وقص الشارب ونتف الإبط، وحلق الرأس، والسلام من الصلاة، والأكل والشرب، والمصافحة، واستلام الحجر الأسود، والخرود من الخلاء، والأخذ والعطاء، وغير ذك مما هو في معناه. ويستحب تقديم اليسار في ضد ذلك، كالامتخاط والبصاق عن اليسار، ودخول الخلاء، والخروج من المسجد، وخلع الخف والنعل والسراويل والثوب، والإستنجاء وفعل المستقذرات وأشباه ذلك
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) liked to use his right hand in all matters: in combing his hair and wearing his shoes.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Messenger of Allah was used to using his right hand for performing Wudu' and for eating his food whereas he was used to using his left hand in his toilet and for other similar purposes.[Abu Dawud]
The Prophet (ﷺ) instructed us at the time of washing the dead body of his daughter Zainab (May Allah be pleased with her) to begin with her right side, and from the parts that are washed in Wudu'.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When any of you puts on his shoes, he should put on the right one first; and when he takes them off, he should begin with the left. Let the right shoe be the first to be put on and the last to be taken off."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to use his right hand for eating, drinking and wearing his clothes and used to use his left hand for other purposes.[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When you wear your clothes or perform your Wudu', begin with your right side."[Abu Dawud and At- Tirmidhi].
When Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to Mina, he came to Jamrat-ul-'Aqabah and threw pebbles at it. After that, he went to his lodge in Mina and sacrificed. Then he called for a barber and pointed his right side to him, said, "Shave from here." Then he pointed his left side and said, "Take (hair) from here." Then he distributed his hair among the people.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].Another narration is: After the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had thrown pebbles at Jamrah and sacrificed an animal, he turned the right side of his head towards the barber who shaved it for him. Then he called Abu Talhah Ansari (May Allah be pleased with him) and gave his hair to him. Then he turned his head to the left side and asked the barber to shave it. He gave the hair to Abu Talhah and told him, "Distribute it among the people."