he proceeded to the jamrah and pelted it with stones, then went to his quarters in Mina and sacrificed his animal. He thereupon said to the barber, “Take,” pointing first to his right side and then to his left, after which he began handing the (shorn) hair to the people. Agreed upon.

In another wording: After he had stoned the jamrah, slaughtered his sacrifice, and had his head shaved, he offered the barber his right side, so he shaved it. He then called Abu Talhah al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, and gave him that hair. He next offered his left side and said, “Shave,” so he shaved it, then gave that hair to Abu Talhah, saying, “Distribute it among the people.”

[Explanation]
These hadiths show that it is recommended to begin with the right side in acts associated with honor and to give precedence to the left in matters connected with harm or impurity, such as istinjāʾ (washing the private parts) and istijmār (wiping with stones), and the like. The author therefore cited the report of Umm ʿAtiyyah, may Allah be pleased with her—one of the women of the Anṣār who rendered notable services, among them washing deceased women. When Zaynab bint Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, passed away and they gathered to wash her, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to them, “Begin with her right side and with the limbs washed in wuḍūʾ.” He then explained how the deceased is to be washed: that the clothes are removed after the body is placed on