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