My father said, "I saw ʿAmr bin Abi Hasan asking ʿAbdullah bin Zaid about the ablution of the Prophet. ʿAbdullah bin Zaid asked for an earthenware pot containing water and performed ablution in front of them. He poured water over his hands and washed them thrice. Then he put his (right) hand in the pot and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out thrice with three handfuls of water Again he put his hand in the water and washed his face thrice. After that he put his hand in the pot and washed his forearms up to the elbows twice and then again put his hand in the water and passed wet hands over his head by bringing them to the front and then to the back and once more he put his hand in the pot and washed his feet (up to the ankles.)" Narrated Wuhaib: That he (the Prophet ﷺ in narration 191 above) had passed his wet hands on the head once only.  

عَنْ وُضُوءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَدَعَا بِتَوْرٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ لَهُمْ فَكَفَأَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ثَلاَثًا بِثَلاَثِ غَرَفَاتٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ فَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِيَدَيْهِ وَأَدْبَرَ بِهِمَا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الإِنَاءِ فَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً  

(on the authority of his father) My uncle used to perform ablution extravagantly and once he asked ʿAbdullah bin Zaid to tell him how he had seen the Prophet ﷺ performing ablution. He asked for an earthenware pot containing water, and poured water from it on his hands and washed them thrice, and then put his hand in the earthenware pot and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out thrice with one handful of water; he again put his hand in the water and took a handful of water and washed his face thrice, then washed his hands up to the elbows twice, and took water with his hand, and passed it over his head from front to back and then from back to front, and then washed his feet (up to the ankles) and said, "I saw the Prophet ﷺ performing ablution in that way."  

أَخْبِرْنِي كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَدَعَا بِتَوْرٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَكَفَأَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي التَّوْرِ فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ مِنْ غَرْفَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فَاغْتَرَفَ بِهَا فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ مَاءً فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ فَأَدْبَرَ بِيَدَيْهِ وَأَقْبَلَ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ  

It was said to him (by people): Perform for us the ablution (as it was performed) by the Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him). He ('Abdullah b. Zaid) called for a vessel (of water), and poured water from it on his hands and washed them three times. Then he inserted his hand (in the vessel) and brought it (water) out, rinsed his mouth and snuffed up water from the palm of one hand doing that three times, He again inserted his hand and brought it out and washed his face three times, then inserted his hand and brought it out and washed each arm up to the elbow twice, then inserted his hand and brought it out and wiped his head both front and back with his hands. He then washed his feet up to the ankles, and then said: This is how God's Messenger (peace be upon him) performed ablution.  

قِيلَ لَهُ تَوَضَّأْ لَنَا وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَعَا بِإِنَاءٍ فَأَكْفَأَ مِنْهَا عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَهَا فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ مِنْ كَفٍّ وَاحِدَةٍ فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَهَا فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَهَا فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَهَا فَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِيَدَيْهِ وَأَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا كَانَ وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ  

Ibn Abi Mulaikah was asked about ablution. He said : I saw ‘Uthman b. ‘Affan who was asked about ablution. He called for water. A vessel was then brought to him. He inclined it towords his right hand (poured water upon it). He then put it in the water three times, and washed his face three times. He then put his hand in the water and took it out; then he wiped his head and ears, in and out only once. He then washed his feet, and said : Where are those who asked me to perform ablution? I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performing ablution like that. Abu Dawud said : All the sound traditions narrated by ‘ Uthman indicated that the head is to be wiped once, because they mentioned (the washing of each part in) ablution three times. In their versions of tradition they mentioned the wordings: “he wiped his head.” In this case they did not mention any number as they did in other cases.  

عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَأُتِيَ بِمِيضَأَةٍ فَأَصْغَى عَلَى يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَهَا فِي الْمَاءِ فَتَمَضْمَضَ ثَلاَثًا وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ثَلاَثًا وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى ثَلاَثًا وَغَسَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فَأَخَذَ مَاءً فَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ فَغَسَلَ بُطُونَهُمَا وَظُهُورَهُمَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُونَ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ  

[Machine] Narrated Abdullah ibn Zaid ibn Asim: He had companionship. He was told, "Perform ablution for us, the ablution of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." He then called for a container and poured water on his hands three times, washed them, then inserted his hand and drew it out, rinsed his mouth and sniffed water in from a hollow of his hands, and he did that three times. He then washed his face and put his hand into the vessel again and rinsed his hand. Then he poured water over his head, tilting it backwards and forwards three times, and he then washed his feet up to the ankles thrice. He then told them this was how ablution was performed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .  

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ فَقِيلَ لَهُ تَوَضَّأْ لَنَا وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَدَعَا بِإِنَاءٍ فَأَكْفَأَ مِنْهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا فَغَسَلَهُمَا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ وَاسْتَخْرَجَهَا فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ مِنْ كَفٍّ وَاحِدَةٍ فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثًا وَاسْتَخْرَجَهَا ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَهَا فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَهَا فَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِيَدَيْهِ وَأَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا كَانَ وُضُوءُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

[Machine] Regarding the ablution of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he called for a container of water, then he poured water over his hand and washed his hands three times. Then he immersed his hand in the vessel, rinsed his mouth, and took in water into his nose and blew it out, three times with three handfuls of water. Then he immersed his hand in the vessel and washed his face three times. Then he immersed his hand in the vessel and washed his arms up to the elbows, twice. Then he immersed his hand in the vessel and wiped his head, then he faced the front and the back. Then he immersed his hand in the vessel and washed his feet up to the ankles.  

عَنْ وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَعَا بِتَوْرٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَكْفَأَ عَلَى يَدِهِ فَغَسَلَ يَدَهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَتَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ مِنْ ثَلَاثِ حَفَنَاتٍ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ وَأَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ  

[Machine] About the ablution of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he called for a container of water and performed ablution for them. He poured water on his hands three times from the container, then washed his hands. He then put his hand into the container, rinsed his mouth, sniffed water into his nose, and blew it out three times from three handfuls of water. He then put his hand into the container, washed his face three times. He then put his hand into the container, washed his arms up to the elbows, two times each. He then put his hand into the container, wiped his head, and then passed his hand over his feet, up to the ankles.  

عَنْ وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَعَا بِتَوْرٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ لَهُمْ فَأَكْفَأَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ مِنَ التَّوْرِ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَتَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ مِنْ ثَلَاثِ غُرَفٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُهُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَغَسَلَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِيَدِهِ وَأَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ  

My father saw ʿAmr bin Abi Hasan asking ʿAbdullah bin Zaid about the ablution of the Prophet. ʿAbdullah bin Zaid asked for earthenware pot containing water and in front of them performed ablution like that of the Prophet ﷺ . He poured water from the pot over his hand and washed his hands thrice and then he put his hands in the pot and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out with three handfuls of water. Again he put his hand in the water and washed his face thrice and washed his forearms up to the elbows twice; and then put his hands in the water and then passed them over his head by bringing them to the front and then to the rear of the head once, and then he washed his feet up to the ankles. (Using translation from Bukhārī 186)   

عَنْ وُضُوءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَعَا بِتَوْرٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ لَهُمْ وُضُوءَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَكْفَأَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ مِنَ التَّوْرِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِي التَّوْرِ فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ثَلَاثَ غَرَفَاتٍ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَيْهِ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَيْهِ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ فَأَقْبَلَ بِهِمَا وَأَدْبَرَ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ  

"عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أبِى حَسَنٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِعَبْدِ الله بْنِ زَيْدِ: أَتَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تُرِيَنِى كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَدَعَا بِتَوْرٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَكْفَأَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَغَسَلَهُمَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ في التَّوْرِ فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ثَلاَث مَرَّاتٍ يُمَضْمِضُ وَيَسْتَنْثِرُ مِن غَرْفَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَيْهِ فَاغْتَرَفَ بِهِمَا فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى المِرْفَقَيْنِ مَرَّتيْنِ، ثُمَّ أخَذَ بِيَدَيْهِ مَاءً فَمَسَحَ رَأسَهُ فَأدْبَرَ بِيَدَيْهِ وَأَقْبَلَ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الكَعْبَيْنِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ".