Hadith 468

From Hussain ibn Ali: Ali called for water, and when it was brought to him, he washed his hands three times before putting them into the water for wudu. Then he rinsed his mouth three times, inhaled water through his nose three times, washed his face three times, washed his right arm up to the elbow three times, and did the same for his left arm. He then wiped his head once, washed his right foot up to the ankles three times, and did the same for his left foot. After this, he stood up and said to me: "Hand it to me." I handed him the remaining water from his wudu, and he drank it while standing. I was amazed. When he saw my amazement, he said: "Do not be amazed, for I saw your father, the Prophet ﷺ, do the same thing. He would say, 'With this wudu,' and he would drink the remaining water from his wudu while standing." [Narrated by Nasai, At-Tahawi, Ibn Jarir, and authenticated by Ibn Abi Shaybah] In the Musnad of our Imam Abu Hanifa: From Ali ibn Abi Talib: He performed wudu, washed his hands three times, rinsed his mouth three times, inhaled water three times, washed his face three times, his arms three times, wiped his head, and washed his feet. He said: "This is the wudu of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." And in another narration from Ali: He called for water, washed his hands three times, rinsed his mouth three times, inhaled water three times, washed his face three times, his arms three times, wiped his head three times, and washed his feet three times. Then he said: "This is the wudu of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Ya'qub, meaning the one who narrated from Abu Hanifa in this hadith, said that the Prophet ﷺ wiped his head three times, placing his hand on the crown of his head, then extended his hands to the back of his head, and then to the front, making it three times. However, this was only once because he did not separate his hand, nor did he take water three times. It is as if he placed the water in his hand and extended it to his neck. Do you not see that Ali clarified in the narrations from him—by Jarrud ibn Zayd, Kharijah ibn Mus'ab, and Asad ibn Umar—that the wiping was done only once? He made it clear that this is what we have mentioned.