Lady Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ghusl (ritual bath), he first washed his private parts, then rubbed his hand on the ground or wall, then performed wudu (ablution) as for prayer, then poured water over his entire body including his head, then moved aside and washed his feet. I gave him a cloth so that he could dry his body with it, but he refused to take it and began to shake off the water with his hand.