Chapter 6
Remembrance 1 from Chapter 6
How to put on garments and shoes and how to take them off
Context
IT IS MUSTAḤABB, when putting on clothes, shoes, trousers and the like, to begin with the right sleeve or the right leg or foot. One should take off the left [part of the garment] first and then the right. The same applies when putting on kohl, using a toothstick (siwāk), cutting the nails, trimming the moustache, plucking the armpits, shaving the head, greeting in ṣalāh, entering the mosque, coming out of the lavatory, doing wuḍū’, bathing, eating and drinking, shaking hands, kissing the Black Stone, taking something from someone or giving it to someone, and so on. All these things should be done with the right. Their opposites should be done with the left.