Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 152

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وَالرَّجُلُ لَا يُغَسِّلُهُ إِلَّا الرِّجَالُ، لَا تُغَسِّلُهُ أُمُّهُ، وَلَا ابْنَتُهُ، وَلَا أَحَدٌ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا زَوْجَتُهُ، فَالزَّوْجُ يُغَسِّلُ زَوْجَتَهُ وَالزَّوْجَةُ تُغَسِّلُ زَوْجَهَا، وَمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ لَا يُغَسِّلُ الذَّكَرُ الْأُنْثَى، وَلَا الْأُنْثَى الذَّكَرَ.

A man should only be washed by men. His mother, daughter, or any other woman may not wash him, with the sole exception of his wife. A husband may wash his wife, and a wife may wash her husband, but otherwise, a man must not wash a woman, nor a woman a man.

حَضَرَتِ النِّسَاءُ لِتَغْسِيلِ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «ابْدَأْنَ بِمَيَامِنِهَا»، يَعْنِي بِالْأَيْمَنِ قَبْلَ الْأَيْسَرِ؛ الْيَدِ الْيُمْنَى قَبْلَ الْيُسْرَى، وَالرِّجْلِ الْيُمْنَى قَبْلَ الْيُسْرَى، وَالشِّقِّ الْأَيْمَنِ قَبْلَ الشِّقِّ الْأَيْسَرِ، وَمَوَاضِعِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْهَا، فَفَعَلْنَ ذَلِكَ، وَجَعَلْنَ رَأْسَهَا ثَلَاثَةَ قُرُونٍ، يَعْنِي ثَلَاثَ جَدَائِلَ: الْجَانِبُ الْأَيْمَنُ قَرْنٌ، وَالْأَيْسَرُ قَرْنٌ، وَوَسَطُ الرَّأْسِ قَرْنٌ، وَأَلْقَيْنَهُ خَلْفَهَا، ثُمَّ أَعْطَاهُنَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَقْوَهُ، يَعْنِي إِزَارَهُ، وَقَالَ: «أَشْعِرْنَهَا إِيَّاهُ» يَعْنِي الْفُسْتَانَ عَلَى جَسَدِهَا مُبَاشَرَةً، تَبَرُّكًا بِإِزَارِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَفَعَلْنَ ذَلِكَ.

When women gathered to wash Zaynab, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, he instructed them, "Start with her right side." He meant the right side before the left: the right hand before the left, the right leg before the left, the right side of the body before the left, and the areas of wudu. They complied, styling her hair into three braids—one on the right, one on the left, and one in the center—and pinned them behind her. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, then gave them his waist-wrapper and said, "Place it directly against her skin," meaning as an undergarment, to seek blessing from it. They did as he asked.

وَالشَّاهِدُ مِنْ هَذَا قَوْلُهُ: «ابْدَأْنَ بِمَيَامِنِهَا».

The point of this is his command to "Start with her right side."

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Vocabulary · المفردات (28 verbs · 59 nouns)

• غَسَلَ — to wash
• حَضَرَ — to attend
• صَلَّى — to pray
• رَجُلٌ — man
• أُمٌّ — mother
• ابْنَةٌ — daughter