Entering the restroom with the left has no origin by Shaykh Maher

[Abu Thar Jawad]

BismiLahi Rahmani Rahim

Has spread amongst many people, women and men, young and old that whenever entering the restroom they enter it with their left foot first and when they exit it they exit with their right foot believing that their action is a sunnah inherited by the last messenger (salla Allahu 'aleyhi wa salam) from the fact that the prophet (salla Allahu 'aleyhi wa salam) when entering the masjid He entered from his right foot first and if he exited the masjid he exited with his left foot first, after researching and verifying this belief is null (baatil) and the hadith standing in their mind is no where to be found but it is fabricated. And what the prophet used to do from preceding the right foot upon entering, verily that is only for the masjid and not for the bathroom.

And also when doing the ghusl (bath) from a janaba (impurity), they wash three times believing that the prophet (salla Allahu 'aleyhi wa salam) did it, that is not proven because he (salla Allahu 'aleyhi wa salam) washed his body one time, the three times only came for the head, shaykh al islam ibn Taymiya said washing the body three times is not legislated when doing the ghusl of janaba.

And the same way when someone says jazak Allahu khayr to you, believing that the sunnah is to reply "wa iyak"(and to you), and there is no proof that the answer wa iyak comes after jazak Allahu khayr.

The same way when they see something they like they say mashaAllah tbarkaAllah or la qawata ila biLah, the hadith is weak and the truth is to say may Allah bless you or him (Allahuma barek feeh).

The same way when the new born is born they call the adan to his ear thinking that is sunnah.

Also when entering his home saying: O Allah I ask you the good of this entrance and the good upon exiting, In the name of Allah we enter and in the name of Allah we leave, and upon our Lord we place our trust.
The hadith is weak, shaykh albani has come back to it.

Also throwing the pillars in the jamaraate

Also reciting the surat al ikhlass al-falaq and al-nas after maghreb and fajr three times thinking it was done by the prophet (salla Allahu 'aleyhi wa salam), it is reported from him but only in the remembrance of morning and evening.

This is how the muslim should verify the sunnah, and ask questions about it, because the condition of the action is to follow after ikhlass (sincerity), and you can only follow a hadith after verifying its authenticity and its acceptance of collection as authentic. This is how the religion should be return to the prophet salla Allahu alayhi wa salam

So bringing the action back to the prophet salla Allahu 'aleyhi wa salam that way which is entering the bathroom with the left foot first and exiting with the right, and making it an act of religion an exemple to follow the prophet salla Allahu 'aleyhi wa salam saying that he did it. It has no origin unless they agreed to say it is recommended but where is the consensus of security or safety, this is like going back to saying if there is no evidence let's gather upon the liberal views.

Written by Shaykh Maher Bin Dhafer Al-Qahtani
Translated by Abu Maryam Jaouad Al-Maghrebi