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