The narrator named Ziyad reports: A man came to Sayyiduna Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about performing ablution, saying: "Should I begin with the right hand or with the left hand?" So Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) rebuked him, then he called for water and (while performing ablution) washed his left hand before his right hand.