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One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

assalaamalaikum
Thanks for ur reply.But slill i am not clear i want to know when we go out of the house we put left or right leg first ,or there is no such restriction.As i have heard while going out ot the house we should step out left leg first.Please clear.

Thanks 

 

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Answer:

 

Step left right out of house

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 2.69

It is considered a Sunnah for one who wants to enter the mosque to enter with his right foot first and to say: "I seek refuge in Allah, the Exalted, and by His Honorable Face, and in His Everlasting Authority, [away] from the outcast Shaytaan. In the name of Allah! O Allah, shower blessings upon Muhammad. O Allah, forgive my sins for me and open for me the doors of Your mercy."

When one wants to leave the mosque he should step with his left foot first and say: "In the name of Allah! O Allah, shower blessings upon Muhammad. O Allah, forgive my sins for me and open for me the doors of Your bounty. O Allah, protect me from the accursed Shaytaan."

 

One should enter the bathroom or a privy with his left foot, and exit with his right foot, saying: "O Allah! I seek your forgiveness." 'Aishah related that when the Messenger of Allah left the bathroom, he would say this supplication.

Related by Bukhari and Muslim.

 

Except for when one enters the toilets, it is considered a Sunnah to enter with one’s right foot first and exit with one’s left foot first, regardless of whether one’s enters a Masjid, a house, or a workplace, etc. 

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone.  Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

 

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

 

 

Burhan