The Indication of the Prophet’s Action and His Command in Starting with the Right Side

The questioner:
The Sunnah, when it explains the general meaning of the Qur'an.

The Shaykh:
No, if the Messenger’s action is an explanation of the Qur'an, they say it is beneficial for the stars, yes.

Another questioner:
And when a group gathers regarding the action.

The Shaykh:
Look.

Another questioner:
So you write it down. Then the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) came.

The Shaykh:
This would be stronger, as long as he started with the right side by action and commanded it, this would be stronger from the perspective of explaining the verse or from the perspective of the command.

Another questioner:
It does not reach the door.

The Shaykh:
Okay, what is it?

Another questioner:
So it came that washing the right hand is obligatory, then the left hand, then the right foot is obligatory, and then the left foot, where the usage occurs.

The Shaykh:
No, no, it is not that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Call upon what is in you, your intention."

Another questioner:
Yes.

The Shaykh:
"Start with your right sides." No, this is not obligatory; they say it is a response. The command here is for recommendation, the command here is for recommendation, because the verse, because this is not an explanation of the verse, because the verse does not contain, it does not contain, unlike the sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah) where starting with al-Safa is included.

Another questioner:
From the Messenger, from before the first Sunnah.

The Shaykh:
The bare action of the Messenger is for recommendation. Yes.

Another questioner:
The hadith from Abu Hurayrah.

The Shaykh:
A hadith that completes the recommendation, that the intended meaning is recommendation. Yes. It is pleasing, but the wording of the hadith is "Start with your right sides." When you perform wudu' (ablution), start with your right sides. That means your intention is that Aishah says it pleases him, it pleases him, and his pleasure indicates the recommendation of favoring the right side. It is not far-fetched; this would also be among the factors that indicate that the Messenger’s action was from the perspective of recommendation and juristic preference. "It pleases him" means he considers it good, right? He did not do it from the perspective of obligation, but rather he did it from the perspective of juristic preference. Yes, it is not far-fetched, okay, yes.