4. Wudūʾ (Minor Ablution)

٤۔ كتاب الوضوء

4.31 While performing ablution or taking a bath one should start from the right side of the body

٤۔٣١ باب التَّيَمُّنِ فِي الْوُضُوءِ وَالْغُسْلِ

bukhari:167Musaddad > Ismāʿīl > Khālid > Ḥafṣah b. Sīrīn > Um ʿAṭiyyah

That the Prophet ﷺ at the time of washing his deceased daughter had said to them, "Start from the right side beginning with those parts which are washed in ablution."  

البخاري:١٦٧حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَهُنَّ فِي غُسْلِ ابْنَتِهِ ابْدَأْنَ بِمَيَامِنِهَا وَمَوَاضِعِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْهَا  

bukhari:168Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > Ashʿath b. Sulaym from my father > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to like to start from the right side on wearing shoes, combing his hair and cleaning or washing himself and on doing anything else.  

البخاري:١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُعْجِبُهُ التَّيَمُّنُ فِي تَنَعُّلِهِ وَتَرَجُّلِهِ وَطُهُورِهِ وَفِي شَأْنِهِ كُلِّهِ