Using the Miswak with the Right or Left Hand
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Question:
What is better, Your Eminence the Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), using the miswak with the right hand or the left hand?
Answer:
He uses it with the left hand, because it is for unclean things, and the left hand is for unclean things. But he starts with the right side, as in the report of 'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to comb his hair, arrange his beard, use the miswak, and perform his ablution, and in all his hair, starting with the right side when using the miswak. Yes.
What is better, Your Eminence the Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), using the miswak with the right hand or the left hand?
Answer:
He uses it with the left hand, because it is for unclean things, and the left hand is for unclean things. But he starts with the right side, as in the report of 'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to comb his hair, arrange his beard, use the miswak, and perform his ablution, and in all his hair, starting with the right side when using the miswak. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من أبواب السواك وسنن الفطرة — islamhouse.com (6:47)
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