It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that (once) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went towards the graveyard and said: "Peace be upon you, O abode of the believers! And, God willing, we will join you. I wished that I could see my brothers!" The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah! Are we not your brothers? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, you are my Companions, and my brothers are those who have not yet come (into the world), and I will be present at the (Kawthar) pond before them." The Companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! How will you recognize those members of your Ummah who will come after you (in the world)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What do you think, if a man has horses among which some have white faces and white feet, and they are among black horses, will he not recognize his own horses?" The people replied: Surely, he will recognize them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "These people (my Ummah) will come on the Day of Resurrection in such a state that their faces and hands and feet will be shining white, and I will be present at the pond before them. Then some people will be driven away from my pond just as a lost camel is driven away. Then I will call out to them (three times): Come here, come here, come here! Then it will be said (to me): They changed (your Sunnah and the religion of Islam) after you. So I will say: Be gone, be gone, be gone."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a Muslim or a believing servant performs ablution, then the sins committed by his eyes (by looking) come out from his face with the water or with the last drop of water," or he (peace be upon him) said something similar. "Then when he washes both his hands, the sins committed by his hands come out with the water or with the last drop of water. Then when he washes both his feet, the sins committed by his feet come out with the water or with the last drop of water, until he emerges completely purified from sins."

It is narrated from Humran, the freed slave of Sayyiduna Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), that Sayyiduna Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting on an elevated seat when the muezzin came and informed him of the Asr prayer. Then he asked for water and performed ablution, then said: By Allah! I will tell you a hadith; if it were not for an ayah from the Book of Allah, I would never have told it to you. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever performs ablution well, then offers prayer, the sins committed between that prayer and the next are forgiven. Imam Malik said: I think this is the ayah meant: «وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ذَلِكَ ذِكْرَى لِلذَّاكِرِينَ» [11-هود: 114] "And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds. That is a reminder for those who remember."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), when the time for the Asr prayer came, the people searched for water for ablution but did not find any. Then a small amount of water for ablution was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) placed his hand in that vessel and ordered the people to perform ablution with it. (Sayyiduna Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said:) I saw that water was gushing out from beneath the fingers of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and then all the people, up to the last man (of the army), performed ablution with that water.

It is narrated from Yahya bin Amarah al-Mazni, may Allah have mercy on him, that he asked his maternal grandfather Abdullah bin Zaid bin Asim, who was a companion of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: Can you show me how the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, performed ablution? So Abdullah bin Zaid, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Yes. Then he called for water for ablution, poured it on his hands and washed them twice, then rinsed his mouth three times and put water into his nose and expelled it, then washed his face three times, then washed his hands up to the elbows twice, then wiped his head with both hands, moving them forward and then backward, he started wiping from the front part of his head and took them to the nape of his neck, then brought them back to the place where he had started, then washed both his feet.

And with this chain (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Shall I not tell you of an action by which Allah erases sins and raises ranks? Performing ablution thoroughly in times of difficulty, taking many steps towards the mosques, and waiting for the next prayer after the prayer—this is «رباط» (preparation for jihad), this is «رباط» , this is «رباط» ."

And with the same chain of narration, it is narrated from (Sayyiduna Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever, after performing prayer, remains seated at his place of prayer, the angels continue to supplicate for him as long as his ablution is not broken. They say: «اللهم اغفر له اللهم ارحمه» O our Allah! Forgive him. O our Allah! Have mercy on him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever performs ablution should clean his nose by sniffing water and whoever uses stones for istinja should use an odd number, that is, three or five stones."

And with the same chain of narration (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When any one of you performs ablution, let him draw water into his nose, then expel it and clean it, and when he uses stones for istinja, let him use an odd number of stones."

And with the same chain of narration, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), men and women used to perform ablution together.