[Hunble]

Have you ever smelled their left hand?

[jtminton]

:)

[MineralMan]

"Have you ever smelled their left hand?"

No. Have you?

[Ramonan]

To elaborate, Arab MEN (Women eat later, and separately from the MEN) sit around a central pot of stew at mealtime. They have "bread" (more like pita bread). They dip the bread into the stew with their RIGHT HAND.
The penalty for theft is the cutting off of the RIGHT HAND.
WHY?

The Arab MEN use their left hand as we use toilet paper. An Arab man is not allowed to use his LEFT HAND to hold "Bread" and dip into the stew.

[savedbygrace]

Have you ever been in a public restroom in an Islamic country? The word "smell" doesn't even come close to describing it.

[FreedomCalls]

Have you ever smelled their left hand?

Let's ask the Imam:

the custom of Shiites using their middle finger to swipe their anus after using the toilet, is it only applicable to Shiites or for all the Muslims.Are there any hadithes regarding this ?

~ Hmmm. Note to self: don't shake hands with Shiites, especially after they leave a restroom.

I'll leave it up to you to go read the Imam's answer.