Chapter 43-Rasulullahﷺ Personal Habit

 

 Personal Habit

Rasulullahﷺ often sat on his haunches and sometimes put his arms around his legs, sometimes covering his legs with some cloth. Rasulullahﷺ usually rested on his left arm. While deeply thinking he was found digging through the earth with some sticks. When sleeping he lay on his right side and put the palm of his right hand under his cheek. 

Sometimes Rasulullahﷺ also slept on his back, sometimes putting one leg over the other but always careful to see that no part of his body was uncovered. Rasulullahﷺ very much disliked lying with the face downward and forbade others also to do so. Rasulullahﷺ did not like sleeping in a dark room or an open roof without parapets. 

Rasulullahﷺ performed ablutions before retiring to bed and recited prayers till he fell asleep. Rasulullahﷺ snored softly in sleep. When he woke up in the night for easing himself or passing urine he generally washed his hands and face in return. A separate long cloth was kept for use at bedtime when he usually removed his shirt. 

Since there were no latrines in the houses those days Rasulullahﷺ used to go out up to two miles out of the city so as to be completely out of sight and he selected soft earth to avoid water spilling over the body. Rasulullahﷺ also took care to take the cover of some rock or raised ground. Rasulullahﷺ always took his bath behind a curtain or used a long cloth when bathing in a shower of rain. 

When sneezing Rasulullahﷺ always put some cloth on his nose. Rasulullahﷺ usually liked to begin his journey on Thursday and herd his conveyance at a fast speed. While taking rest during the journey he would start afresh in the next stage early in the morning and while camping he worked with others on different chores. 

On one occasion when his fellow travelers divided the work of various items of cooking Rasulullahﷺ took upon himself the task of collecting wood for fuel and in spite of others desiring to spare him he insisted on doing it and did it cheerfully. Rasulullahﷺ always took some pedestrian fellow-traveler on his conveyance. When Rasulullahﷺ returned from a journey he first prayed in the mosque and when the household was informed Rasulullahﷺwent in without any fuss.