And the statement of the correctness of Allama Matlabi’s interpretation is that the meaning of the verse is of precedence and delay, that is, «‏‏‏‏فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُءُوسِكُمْ» ‏‏‏‏ [ سورة المائدة ] “wash your faces, your hands, and your feet, and wipe your heads.”That is, in the verse, the mention of wiping comes before the mention of the feet, as Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud, Ibn Abbas, and ‘Urwah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with them) have said that «‏‏‏‏وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ» ‏‏‏‏“your feet up to the ankles”refers back to the command of washing.

Hazrat Abu Umamah narrates that Sayyiduna Amr bin Abasah (may Allah be pleased with him) related to us a lengthy hadith about how he embraced Islam, and said: I submitted, "O Messenger of Allah, please instruct me regarding ablution (wudu)." Then he narrated a lengthy hadith, and said that (the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said): "Then (the one performing ablution) washes his two feet up to the ankles according to Allah Almighty's command, so the sins of his feet come out with the water from the edges of his toes."