I saw ‘Ali ؓ doing wudoo’. He washed the tops of his feet and said: Were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ washing the tops of his feet I would have thought that the bottoms of the feet were more deserving of being washed.
رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ ظُهُورَ قَدَمَيْهِ وَقَالَ لَوْلا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْسِلُ ظُهُورَ قَدَمَيْهِ لَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ بُطُونَهُمَا أَحَقُّ بِالْغَسْلِ
I saw ‘Ali ؓ do wudoo’, and he washed the tops of his feet and said: Were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wash the tops of his feet, I would have thought that the bottoms of the feet were more deserving of being washed.
عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَرَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ ظُهُورَ قَدَمَيْهِ وَقَالَ لَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْسِلُ ظُهُورَ قَدَمَيْهِ لَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ بُطُونَهُمَا أَحَقُّ بِالْغَسْلِ
[Machine] And he said, "If I hadn't seen the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , washing the backs of his feet, I would have thought their bellies were more deserving."
وَقَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَغْسِلُ ظُهُورَ قَدَمَيْهِ لَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ بُطُونَهُمَا أَحَقُّ»