[Machine] Ali said, "I don't mind if I start with the left before the right when performing ablution." And it was narrated by Awf from Abdullah ibn Umar ibn Hind who said, Ali said, "I don't mind which part of my body I begin with when completing my ablution." It is possible that his intention was in line with what was mentioned in the narration of Hafs ibn Ghiyath. And Allah knows best, although it is weakly transmitted. Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated it from Al-Ansari from Awf from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Hind. This hadith was then mentioned, and Awf said that he did not hear it from Ali.  

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ مَا أُبَالِي لَوْ بَدَأْتُ بِالشِّمَالِ قَبْلَ الْيَمِينِ إِذَا تَوَضَّأْتُ 406 وَرَوَاهُ عَوْفٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرِو بْنِ هِنْدٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ مَا أُبَالِي إِذَا أَتْمَمْتُ وَضُوئِي بِأَيِّ أَعْضَائِي بَدَأْتُ وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ مُرَادُهُ بِمَا أُطْلِقَ فِي هَذَا مَا فُسِّرَ فِي رِوَايَةِ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ عَلَى أَنَّهُ مُنْقَطِعٌ رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ عَنِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ عَوْفٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ هِنْدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَالَ عَوْفٌ وَلَمْ يسْمَعْهُ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ