It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tayammum is with two strikes: one strike for the face and one strike for the two hands up to the elbows." The two Shaykhs agreed on the narration of Ibn Abza concerning tayammum, but they did not record it with these words. Ali bin Zabyan, who narrated it as connected, is truthful (saduq), whereas others narrated it as mawquf; but my principle is that the connected narration of a reliable narrator is what counts.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: We performed tayammum with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). We struck our hands on clean earth, then shook off our hands and wiped our faces with them. Then we struck the clean earth a second time, shook off our hands, and with them wiped from the elbows to the palms, over where the hair grows, the outer and inner sides. This hadith is explanatory (mufassar). I have mentioned it as a supporting narration (shahid) because, although Sulayman bin Arqam is not on the condition of this book, we have made it our condition to take narrations like his among the supporting narrations.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning tayammum: "There are two strikes: one for the face and one for the two hands up to the elbows." This narration has also been mentioned as a supporting narration (shahid).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man came and said: "I became ritually impure (janabah) and rolled about in the dust." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Strike (like this)." Then he struck the ground with both his hands and wiped his face, then struck with his hands again and wiped his two arms up to the elbows.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tayammum is one strike for the face and one strike for the two hands up to the elbows."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performing tayammum at a place called "Mirbad al-Na'am", while the houses of Madinah were visible to him (peace and blessings be upon him). Amr bin Muhammad is alone in narrating this hadith, and he is truthful (saduq), whereas Yahya bin Sa'id al-Ansari and others narrated it as mawquf on Ibn Umar.

It is narrated from Nafi' that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) performed tayammum at a distance of one or two miles from Madinah and prayed the Asr prayer. Then he came into Madinah while the sun was still high, and he did not repeat the prayer.

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I set out from Syria for Madinah on a Friday and reached Madinah the following Friday. I went to Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and he asked me: "When did you put on these leather socks (khuffs)?" I said: "On Friday." He asked: "Have you taken them off?" I said: "No." He said: "You have acted according to the Sunnah." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that one year he came as a delegate to Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). Uqbah says: I was wearing leather socks of thick leather. Sayyiduna Umar asked me: "How long has it been since you put them on?" I said: "I put them on on Friday, and today is Friday (again)." Sayyiduna Umar said to me: "You have acted according to the Sunnah." Imam al-Hakim says: The same ruling is established from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) as a fatwa, and this is the position of Imam Malik bin Anas.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he did not fix any time limit for wiping over the leather socks.