"Can you show me how the Messenger of Allah used to perform ablution?" 'Abdullah bin Zaid said: "Yes," So he called for water, poured it over his hands and washed his hands twice. Then he raised his mouth and sniffed water up into his nostrils three times. Then he washed his face three times and his arms up to his elbows twice. Then he wiped his head with his hands, from front to back. He started at the front of his head, then went with them to the nape of his neck, then he brought them back, returning them to the place he started, then he washed his feet."  

أَنْ تُرِيَنِي كَيْفَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زَيْدٍ نَعَمْ فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ فَأَفْرَغَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ تَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْثَرَ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّتَيْنِ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقَيْنِ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ بِيَدَيْهِ فَأَقْبَلَ بِهِمَا وَأَدْبَرَ بَدَأَ بِمُقَدَّمِ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ بِهِمَا إِلَى قَفَاهُ ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا حَتَّى رَجَعَ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي بَدَأَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ  

"I saw the Messenger of Allah performing ablution and he wiped his head once."  

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً  

The Messenger of Allah wiped his head once.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً  

"I saw the Messenger of Allah performing ablution, and he wiped his head once."  

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّةً  

"The Messenger of Allah performed ablution and wiped his head twice."  

تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ