Shaqiq bin Salamah narrates from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) that he performed ablution, so he washed his face three times, rinsed his nose three times, rinsed his mouth three times, wiped his head, wiped the inner and outer parts of his ears, washed his feet three times, combed through his beard, and combed through the toes of his feet, and said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performing ablution in this manner."

Hazrat Shaqiq bin Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that I saw Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) performing ablution, so he washed his hands three times, rinsed his mouth, put water into his nose, and washed his face three times, and wiped the inner and outer parts of his ears, washed both his feet three times and did khilal (passing fingers) between the toes, and when he washed his face three times, he did khilal of his beard, and said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) doing as you have seen me doing. Abdur Rahman says that (the teacher Isra'il) also mentioned washing both hands including the elbows, but I do not know how he narrated it. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that 'Amir bin Shaqiq is Ibn Hamzah Asadi, not Ibn Shaqiq bin Salamah, and Shaqiq bin Salamah is Abu Wa'il.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came to me at my house, and he had already urinated. Then he asked for water. We brought to him a large bowl in which a mudd or close to it of water could fit. It was placed before him. Then he said, "O Ibn Abbas, shall I not perform for you the ablution of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" I said, "May my parents be sacrificed for you, certainly do so." He says that a vessel (for ablution) was placed for him, so he washed both his hands, then rinsed his mouth and put water into his nose and expelled it, then took water in his right hand and thoroughly wiped his face with it. And the rest of the hadith was narrated.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zayd bin Asim Mazni (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performing ablution. He (peace be upon him) rinsed his mouth, then cleaned his nose, then washed his face three times, washed his right hand three times and his left hand three times, and wiped his head with water other than the leftover water from his hand (i.e., with fresh water), and washed both his feet until he cleaned them thoroughly.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped his head with both his hands, moving both hands from the front to the back and from the back to the front. He started from the forehead and took them to the nape of the neck, then brought them back to the place from where he had started.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performed ablution, he washed his blessed face three times, and washed both his hands twice, then wiped his head and (in wiping) started from the forehead, then washed both his feet.

Imam Abu Bakr, may Allah have mercy on him, says: In the narration of ‘Abd Khayr reported from Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, it is mentioned: Then he put his hand into the vessel until it was submerged in the water, then he lifted it up with the water clinging to it, then he rubbed it on his left hand, then he wiped his head with both his hands.

Ishaq bin Isa reports that I asked Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, about a person who only wiped his forehead during ablution; would that be sufficient for him? He replied that Amr bin Yahya bin Amarah narrated to me from his father, and he from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zaid Mazni, may Allah be pleased with him, that he stated: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, wiped his head in ablution from his forehead to the nape of his neck, then returned his hands to his forehead and wiped the entire head.

Abu Bakr said: I have dictated the hadith of Uthman ibn Affan, and the report of Ibn Abbas regarding wiping over the ears, their outer and inner parts.

Hazrat Humran (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that one day Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) asked for water, then he narrated the hadith regarding the method of ablution of the Prophet (peace be upon him), and said that then he washed his right foot up to both ankles three times, and washed his left foot in the same way. Imam Abu Bakr (may Allah have mercy on him) says that this hadith is evidence that the ankles are the two protruding bones on both sides of the foot, because if by "ankle" was meant the bone protruding on top of the foot, then the right foot would have only one ankle, not two.