It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that the Prophet ﷺ performed Ghusl and a cloth was brought to him, but he did not touch it, and he started doing like this with the water. [1] [1] This is a demonstration of his wiping off the water on his body with his hands. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 254)
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ اغْتَسَلَ فَأُتِيَ بِمِنْدِيلٍ فَلَمْ يَمَسَّهُ وَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ «بِالْمَاءِ هَكَذَا»