Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أُسَيْدُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ قَالَ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ وَحَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ هُلْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَنْصَرِفُ مَرَّةً عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَمَرَّةً عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَيَضَعُ إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ حَاجَةٌ فِي نَاحِيَةٍ وَكَانَ يَتَوَجَّهُ مَا شَاءَ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ تَوَجُّهُهُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ؛ لِمَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُحِبُّ مِنَ التَّيَامُنِ غَيْرَ مَضَيَّقٍ عَلَيْهِ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَقَدْ مَضَى خَبَرُ عَائِشَةَ فِي اسْتِحْبَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ التَّيَامُنَ فِي شَأْنِهِ كُلِّهِ
English Translation
Abu Abdullah al-Hafiz and Abu Sa'id ibn Abi Amr informed us, they said: Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub narrated to us, Usayd ibn Asim narrated to us, al-Husayn ibn Hafs narrated to us. Sufyan said: Simak ibn Harb narrated to us from Qabisah ibn Hulb from his father who said: The Prophet (peace be upon him) would turn sometimes to his right and sometimes to his left, and he would place one hand on the other. Al-Shafi'i said: If he has no need in a particular direction and may face whichever way he likes, I prefer that he turn to his right, due to the Prophet's (peace be upon him) love of doing things from the right, without it being strict in any of that. The Shaykh said: The report of Aisha about the Prophet's (peace be upon him) preference for the right in all his affairs has already been mentioned.