Imam Zain al-Abidin, may Allah have mercy on him, narrated from Sayyida Rabi’ bint Mu’awwidh, may Allah be pleased with her: He asked Sayyida Rabi’, may Allah be pleased with her, about the method of ablution (wudu) of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Sayyida Rabi’, may Allah be pleased with her, replied: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to come to her house, and she would prepare water for his ablution. Imam Zain al-Abidin, may Allah have mercy on him, states: Once I came to this woman, and she brought out a vessel before me and said:“In this vessel, I used to draw water for the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, to perform ablution. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, at the beginning of ablution, washed both hands three times before putting them into the vessel, then he began ablution and washed his face three times, then rinsed his mouth three times, then put water into his nose three times, washed both arms, then wiped his head from front to back and from back to front, then washed both feet.”Then this woman said: ‘Your paternal cousin also came to me’—by this she meant Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both—‘so I told him about this as well, and he said:“I find in the Book of Allah the command to wash two things and to wipe over two things.”’”Imam Zain al-Abidin, may Allah have mercy on him, states: I asked this woman:“How much water would fit in this vessel?”She replied:“As much as a ‘Hashimi mudd’, as much as a common mudd and a quarter mudd.”The narrator named Abbas ibn Yazid stated: This woman narrated regarding the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he washed his face before rinsing his mouth and putting water into his nose, while the people of Badr, among whom were Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani, may Allah be pleased with him, and Sayyiduna Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, stated that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would begin ablution by rinsing his mouth and putting water into his nose, and would do this before washing his face, and this is also the general practice of the people.