Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Why We Begin all Noble Things from the Right (Hadith Commentary from Zad alTalibin)

Hadith number 251 here which is related by Imam Abu Dhabi with an

Imam Ahmed, even though humble

call interview sallallahu alayhi wa sallam either Allah bestow

them, what either taught to him, that will be my mini come when you

dress and when you perform ablution begin with your right

side. Essentially, these are two examples that the prophets of

Allah Islam is giving us here, put your clothes on, it's a noble

thing, because the Libous is something for the human being

delivers, which means clothing, and garments is something that

Allah subhanaw taala has given to us to make us distinguished else.

Animals don't wear clothing, animals, the clothing is not

designated for them. But the humans are told to wear clothing.

That's why the vast, overwhelming majority in fact, everybody in the

world wear some kind of clothing. Even people who don't wear much

clothing, they still wear some clothing. Now, obviously there are

there are civilized, so called civilized people as well who

choose not to wear much clothing, but that's a different story.

Clothing is an honor. So because clothing is an honor, it's

considered to be something you start from the right hand side,

how do you start? How do you start wearing something from the right

hand side? If for example, you have to wear it from you know,

over your shoulders? What is that, you know, it's easy to put the

right sleeve into your coat or your jacket

or the the right pant leg as such the right you know, the right leg,

when you're wearing trousers or shoes or something of that nature,

is putting something over your head well just still try to do

everything from the right hand side. Because it's it's a matter

of honor and in Islam, the right is considered to be very symbolic.

And if anybody who is considered to be very punctual on this thing

are very particular about these things, realizing that it's from

Allah, it's a command from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa

salam, the symbolism here is to the Day of Judgment that Allah

subhanho wa Taala rather than call people generalities as such, which

you know, it says you know, they will be in paradise. There is

another concept in the Quran about us heavily Amin was harbor Shimon,

Allah subhanaw taala uses this concept in the Quran that the

people have the right Maimana mush, Amma, again, in different

words, us how will you mean us have a * mush AMA, may

manner, and so on, which means the people have the right, and the

people of the left. So the right is good symbolism that you will be

towards paradise. And left is uh, you know, nothing intrinsically

wrong with, you know, with the left, you know, because the

machine could be in the left hand side of your house, that's a

different story. But in general, when we do these things, we're

told to use the right hand, for example, to eat with, and there's

a very strong, you can say, warning against eating with the

left hand,

the left hand is we're told that you should not use the right hand

to cleanse yourself with touch the private parts, for example, the

left hand should be used in that. So there is this distinction made.

I mean, Islam is a very thoroughly religion. And his faith we have is

very particular about these things. And there's a lot of

symbolism, there's a lot of things that relate from now to the

hereafter, that if we focus on it, now, it will have its effects and

consequences in the hereafter that were very important for us to

realize. So Inshallah, if we focused on doing things from the

right, it will make a big difference. Right, it will make a

big difference. Now, let's say that one thing about America is

that you drive on the right, and you can actually get into the car

with your right foot first, right because you're sitting on the left

hand side of the car, the driving seat is on the left hand side. So

it's very easy to open the door and get in with your right foot in

England is difficult because you're sitting on the right hand

side of the car, driving on the left hand side of the road. And

for you to be able to get in from the right hand side the right foot

first is very difficult.

And there are a lot of the commentators of the Shema in for

example, they've written things like it's a sunnah to go into the

masjid with your right foot, meaning it's recommended to go

with your right foot into the Masjid.

Normally you take off your shoes and going into the Masjid. Right.

So and when you come out because you're coming out from a better

place to a relatively less better place because the masjid is the

house of Allah subhanaw taala connected to the heavens when you

come out.

You're supposed to come up with the left foot. Now the question is

that if you're supposed to come up with your left foot and your

slippers out there

and you're supposed to put your right slipper on first, but you're

supposed to come up with your left foot foot first, then how would

you do that?

How would you come out with your left foot first from the masjid

but put your right foot into your slipper first. So that really my

recommend them is Subhanallah look at how deep the aroma have gone to

try to explain how to follow the Sunnah for us. They said that when

you come out, come up with your left foot reading your DUA put

your left foot on your shoe as opposed to in your shoe. And then

you come then you take out the right foot and you put that into

your shoe or slippers sandals or whatever you're wearing your

footwear. And then after that you can

Put the left one in. So that way you've observed both May Allah

subhanaw taala give us a trophy. But the Promise of Allah someone

mentioned this, in numerous places, is not just like one

isolated narration, or kind of one chef, you know, reiteration This

is now when you dress and when you perform ablution begin with your

right side

is broken about the slippers in particular, for example, In

another Hadith, so we understand that all of these things, it

relates to that. That's why

some irlam are not all orlimar. But some irlam I've even gone as

far as saying that when you do test B,

there's absolutely nothing wrong with also doing with your left

hand. But as the general recommendation from some minima,

that even when you get to the speed, you should only do it with

the right hand.

Unless you count unless you, you know, there's a way of counting

to 1000s on your hands. Like there's a very comprehensive way,

the way you fold your fingers and so on. If you're doing something

like that it's understandable. But if you're just counting on

fingers, just generally then you should do on your right hand.

Although it's completely fine to do on both hands, you know, we're

not saying it's my crew or anything wrong with it, just the

general recommendation. Similarly, one of our Shijo he's, you know,

he's really encouraged that when you blow your nose, don't use both

hands unless you really have to use your left only.

This just shows that, you know, the very importance of doing

things from the right. There's another

great scholar, Judy Shelton. Yes, she Achilleas Rahim Allah from

from India Candell we one of the actual beginner of the great

movement, the bleak Jamaat in the world. He was very ill, it

couldn't speak properly either. And he was taken into the room on

his wheelchair and one of the hard limbs one of the attendants to him

tried to take his socks off and he tried to take the right one off

first.

And he kind of waved his foot to say no they couldn't understand

why he didn't Why didn't when his socks off.

So they go to try

you know, I think he has to make will do something say they have to

take the socks off Subhanallah and he was kind of pushed pulling his

foot back with the energy he had whatever energy he had. Finally

they went to call his son she use of the author of How to Sahaba to

ask what's going on here and he immediately realized he said that

you're taking the right one off first. Whereas when you're taking

off the Hadith says that the left one should be coming off first. So

when they tried to take the left one off, then he was fine with it.

So this is an aspect of following the Sunnah because the prophets of

Allah some recommended this and that's why we do it.