The Book of the Prohibited actions

Riyad as-Salihin · Chapter 298

Prohibition of using the right hand for cleaning after toilet without a valid reason

باب كراهة الاستنجاء باليمين ومس الفرج باليمين من غير عذر

This chapter is about honouring the right hand. Across the Sunnah the right is reserved for what is noble and clean, eating, giving, greeting, while the left is left for what removes filth, and this hadith draws that line clearly. The reader should see an ethic of order and dignity woven into the smallest daily acts, not merely a rule about hygiene.

Two cautions sit side by side here: do not handle impurity with the hand kept for honour, and do not breathe into the vessel you drink from. The thread joining them is adab, a trained courtesy toward yourself, toward what you touch, and toward whoever shares your cup or your space. The precise rulings on purification are a matter for scholars; what Buruja draws out is the beauty of a faith that dignifies even these private moments.

Hadith 1648

Abu Qatadah (May Allah be pleased with him) said:

عن أبي قتادة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏ "‏إذا بال أحدكم، فلا يؤخذن ذكره بيمينه، ولا يستنجي بيمينه، ولا يتنفس في الإناء‏" ‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏ وفي الباب أحاديث كثيرة صحيحة‏.‏

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not touch your private parts with your right hand while urinating, nor for washing or cleaning (your private parts); and do not breathe into the drinking vessel from which you drink." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

In plain words

Do not touch the private parts or clean yourself with the right hand, and do not breathe into the cup you drink from. The right hand is kept for what is clean and dignified, and good manners reach even these private moments.

Reference : Riyad as-Salihin 1648 In-book reference : Book 17, Hadith 138