Do not use your right hand on your private part.
Praise be to Allaah.
It is makrooh to touch the penis with the right hand
when urinating, because of the hadeeth of Abu Qataadah
(may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The
Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) said: “When one of you drinks, he should not
breathe into the vessel, and when he relieves himself, he
should not touch his penis with his right hand or wipe
himself with his right hand.”
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 194; Muslim, 393.
According to another report narrated by Muslim (392):
“No one among you should touch his penis with his right
hand when urinating.”
Shaykh ‘Abdullah ibn Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allah
preserve him) said:
This hadeeth indicates that it is not allowed for the one
who is urinating to hold his penis with his right hand
whilst urinating, because this is contrary to honouring
the right hand.
The majority of scholars interpreted this prohibition as
meaning that it is makrooh – as stated by an-Nawawi
and others – because that comes under the heading of
etiquette and good manners, and because it comes under
the heading of protecting the dignity of the right hand.
This prohibition does not go so far as meaning that this
action is haraam (rather it is makrooh and disliked).
Dawood az-Zaahiri and Ibn Hazm were of the view that
it is prohibited in the sense of being haraam, based on
the principle that prohibition of a thing means that it is
haraam.
But the view of the majority is more likely to be correct,
and that this prohibition is by way of showing etiquette
and proper manners. This is supported by, among other
things, the words of the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) about the penis: “Is it anything other
than a part of you…?”
End quote from Minhah al-‘Allaam Sharh Buloogh al-
Maraam , 1/312
Al-Khattaabi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Touching the penis with the right hand is only disliked so
as to protect it from touching part of the body that could
be unclean and dirty. The Prophet (blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) used his right hand for eating,
drinking and dressing himself, and his left hand for other
bodily functions.
End quote from Ma‘aalim as-Sunan , 1/23
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him)
said:
Because when a person is urinating, some drops may
fall on him, and if that happens, they should fall on the
left hand, not the right hand. But sometimes a person
may be compelled to do that (use the right hand), and if
that is the case then there is nothing wrong
with it, such
as if he cannot move his left hand; in that case he has
no choice but to touch his penis with his right hand, and
there is nothing wrong with it. But when there is no need
for that, the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) forbade that and said: “No one among you
should touch his penis with his right hand when he is
urinating.”
End quote from ash-Sharh al-Mukhtasar li Buloogh al-
Maraam .
Secondly:
In the hadeeth, this prohibition is limited to when one is
urinating, so it may be understood that it is permissible
at other times.
In his Saheeh, al-Bukhaari (may Allah have mercy on
him) named one of his chapters, “Chapter: One should
not hold the penis with the right hand when he urinates.
Al-Haafiz (may Allah have mercy on him) said: In this
title, he indicated that what is narrated about not
touching the penis with the right hand in general terms,
as in the preceding chapter, is to be interpreted in the
light of the reports that are more specific and state that
this applies when one is urinating, so in other situations
it is permissible.
End quote from Fath al-Baari , 1/254
In his Sunan , Abu Dawood (may Allah have mercy on
him) named one of his chapters: It is makrooh to touch
the penis with the right hand when cleaning oneself.
In at-Taaj wa’l-Ikleel (1/388) it says: The fuqaha’
understood this as meaning that it is makrooh, and the
prohibition on touching it in the other hadeeth is limited
to when one is cleaning oneself. End quote.
Based on that, it is permissible to touch it with the right
hand during intercourse, unless there is the fear that that
hand may be contaminated with madhiy, in which case it
is makrooh.
It is makrooh to touch the penis with the right hand
when urinating, because of the hadeeth of Abu Qataadah
(may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The
Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) said: “When one of you drinks, he should not
breathe into the vessel, and when he relieves himself, he
should not touch his penis with his right hand or wipe
himself with his right hand.”
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 194; Muslim, 393.
According to another report narrated by Muslim (392):
“No one among you should touch his penis with his right
hand when urinating.”
Shaykh ‘Abdullah ibn Saalih al-Fawzaan (may Allah
preserve him) said:
This hadeeth indicates that it is not allowed for the one
who is urinating to hold his penis with his right hand
whilst urinating, because this is contrary to honouring
the right hand.
The majority of scholars interpreted this prohibition as
meaning that it is makrooh – as stated by an-Nawawi
and others – because that comes under the heading of
etiquette and good manners, and because it comes under
the heading of protecting the dignity of the right hand.
This prohibition does not go so far as meaning that this
action is haraam (rather it is makrooh and disliked).
Dawood az-Zaahiri and Ibn Hazm were of the view that
it is prohibited in the sense of being haraam, based on
the principle that prohibition of a thing means that it is
haraam.
But the view of the majority is more likely to be correct,
and that this prohibition is by way of showing etiquette
and proper manners. This is supported by, among other
things, the words of the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) about the penis: “Is it anything other
than a part of you…?”
End quote from Minhah al-‘Allaam Sharh Buloogh al-
Maraam , 1/312
Al-Khattaabi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Touching the penis with the right hand is only disliked so
as to protect it from touching part of the body that could
be unclean and dirty. The Prophet (blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) used his right hand for eating,
drinking and dressing himself, and his left hand for other
bodily functions.
End quote from Ma‘aalim as-Sunan , 1/23
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him)
said:
Because when a person is urinating, some drops may
fall on him, and if that happens, they should fall on the
left hand, not the right hand. But sometimes a person
may be compelled to do that (use the right hand), and if
that is the case then there is nothing wrong
with it, such
as if he cannot move his left hand; in that case he has
no choice but to touch his penis with his right hand, and
there is nothing wrong with it. But when there is no need
for that, the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) forbade that and said: “No one among you
should touch his penis with his right hand when he is
urinating.”
End quote from ash-Sharh al-Mukhtasar li Buloogh al-
Maraam .
Secondly:
In the hadeeth, this prohibition is limited to when one is
urinating, so it may be understood that it is permissible
at other times.
In his Saheeh, al-Bukhaari (may Allah have mercy on
him) named one of his chapters, “Chapter: One should
not hold the penis with the right hand when he urinates.
Al-Haafiz (may Allah have mercy on him) said: In this
title, he indicated that what is narrated about not
touching the penis with the right hand in general terms,
as in the preceding chapter, is to be interpreted in the
light of the reports that are more specific and state that
this applies when one is urinating, so in other situations
it is permissible.
End quote from Fath al-Baari , 1/254
In his Sunan , Abu Dawood (may Allah have mercy on
him) named one of his chapters: It is makrooh to touch
the penis with the right hand when cleaning oneself.
In at-Taaj wa’l-Ikleel (1/388) it says: The fuqaha’
understood this as meaning that it is makrooh, and the
prohibition on touching it in the other hadeeth is limited
to when one is cleaning oneself. End quote.
Based on that, it is permissible to touch it with the right
hand during intercourse, unless there is the fear that that
hand may be contaminated with madhiy, in which case it
is makrooh.
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