It Is Undesirable (Makruh) To Touch The Penis And To Clean Oneself With The Right Hand
Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 310 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 113
Source no. 310 · Volume 1 · Page 382
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (٢٣)
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310. 'Abdullāh bin Abu Qatādah said: "My father told me that he heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'When anyone of you [1] That is, Ibn Mājāh. [2] See no. 346. urinate, let him not touch his penis with his right hand nor clean himself with his right hand." (Sahih) Another chain with similar wording:
310 - حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعِشْرِينَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «إِذَا بَالَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَمَسَّ ذَكَرَهُ بِيَمِينِهِ، وَلَا يَسْتَنْجِ بِيَمِينِهِ» حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ، نَحْوَهُ
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It is one of the features of the Islamic culture that purity and cleanliness occupy such a prominent place in it. The culture even teaches us as to how we are to cleanse ourselves after satisfying relieving ourselves. This Hadith, in particular, gives us the useful direction that we are not to use the right hand for cleaning the secret parts of our body, or even for touching those parts.