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"عن على قال: لو كان الدِّينُ بالرأى لكان أسفل الخفِّ أولى بالمسح من أعلاه، وقد رأيت رسول الله ﷺ : يمسحُ على ظهرِ خفيه".  

الدارمى، [د] أبو داود والطحاوى، [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن

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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Bayhaqī
abudawud:162 – Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Ḥafṣ / Ibn Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd Khayr > ʿAlī

If the religion were based on opinion, it would be more important to wipe the under part of the shoe than the upper but I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiping over the upper part of his shoes.  

أبو داود:١٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ؓ قَالَ

لَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ بِالرَّأْىِ لَكَانَ أَسْفَلُ الْخُفِّ أَوْلَى بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ أَعْلاَهُ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى ظَاهِرِ خُفَّيْهِ  

bayhaqi:1386 – Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud > Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > al-Aʿmash > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd Khayr > ʿAlī

If the religion were based on opinion, it would be more important to wipe the under part of the shoe than the upper but I have seen the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiping over the upper part of his shoes. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 162)   

البيهقي:١٣٨٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

لَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ بِالرَّأْيِ لَكَانَ أَسْفَلُ الْخُفِّ أَوْلَى بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ أَعْلَاهُ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى ظَاهِرِ خُفَّيْهِ  

bayhaqi:1387 – Abū al-Ḥasan b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd > Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl b. Jābir al-Saqaṭī > Ibrāhīm b. Ziyād > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth Fadhakarah Biʾisnādih

[Machine] Ali said, "If the religion of Allah were based on opinion, the underside of the shoe would be more deserving of being wiped than its top. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiping his fingers like this."  

البيهقي:١٣٨٧ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عَبْدَانَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ السَّقَطِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ أنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ فَذَكَرَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ لَوْ كَانَ دِينُ اللهِ بِالرَّأْيِ لَكَانَ بَاطِنُ الْخُفِّ أَحَقُّ بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ أَعْلَاهُ وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ هَكَذَا بِأَصَابِعِهِ