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The Prophet ﷺ said: When you put on (a garment) and when you perform ablution, you should begin with your right side. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4141)

السيوطي:٢٥٨٤a –

"إذا لَبسْتُم وإذَا توضأتم فابْدءوا بأيامنِكُمْ -وفي لفظ- بميامِنكُمْ" .

[د] أبو داود [حب] ابن حبّان وابن السنى عن أبي هريرة

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī

Beginning with the right side in dressing and wudu

abudawud:4141 – al-Nufaylī > Zuhayr > al-Aʿmash > Abī Ṣāliḥ > Abī Hurayrah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When you put on clothing, and when you perform ablution, begin with your right sides."

أبو داود:٤١٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إِذَا لَبِسْتُمْ، وَإِذَا تَوَضَّأْتُمْ، فَابْدَءُوا بِأَيَامِنِكُمْ»

ahmad:8652 – Ḥasan And ʾAḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Malik > Zuhayr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: When you put on (a garment) and when you perform ablution, you should begin with your right side. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4141)

أحمد:٨٦٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا لَبِسْتُمْ وَإِذَا تَوَضَّأْتُمْ فَابْدَءُوا بِأَيَامِنِكُمْ وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بِمَيَامِنِكُمْ

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالتَّيَامُنِ فِي الْوُضُوءِ وَاللِّبَاسِ اقْتِدَاءً بِالْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ فِيهِ

ibnhibban:1090 – Abū ʿArūbah > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr al-Bajalī > Zuhayr b. Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: When you put on (a garment) and when you perform ablution, you should begin with your right side. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4141)

ابن حبّان:١٠٩٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْبَجَلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا لَبِسْتُمْ وَإِذَا تَوَضَّأْتُمْ فَابْدَؤُوا بِمَيَامِنِكُمْ»

bayhaqi:405 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī Waʾabū Naṣr Aḥmad b. ʿAlī al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū al-Zinbāʿ Rawḥ b. al-Faraj al-Miṣrī > ʿAmr / Ibn Khālid > Zuhayr b. Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said: When you put on (a garment) and when you perform ablution, you should begin with your right side. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4141)

البيهقي:٤٠٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي وَأَبُو نَصْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْقَاضِي قَالُوا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو الزِّنْبَاعِ رَوْحُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا عَمْرٌو يَعْنِي ابْنَ خَالِدٍ ثنا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا لَبِسْتُمْ وَإِذَا تَوَضَّأْتُمْ فَابْدَءُوا بِأَيَامِنِكُمْ