Chapter 43-Rasulullahﷺ Personal Habit

 


 Personal Habit

Rasulullah often sat on his haunches and sometimes put his arms around his legs, sometimes covering his legs with some cloth. Rasulullah 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 Rasulullah 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. Rasulullah very much disliked lying with the face downward and forbade others also to do so. Rasulullah did not like sleeping in a dark room or an open roof without parapets. 

Rasulullah performed ablutions before retiring to bed and recited prayers till he fell asleep. Rasulullah 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 Rasulullah 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. Rasulullah also took care to take the cover of some rock or raised ground. Rasulullah always took his bath behind a curtain or used a long cloth when bathing in a shower of rain. 

When sneezing Rasulullah always put some cloth on his nose. Rasulullah 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 Rasulullah 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. Rasulullah always took some pedestrian fellow-traveler on his conveyance. When Rasulullah returned from a journey he first prayed in the mosque and when the household was informed Rasulullahwent in without any fuss.

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