Volume 1, Book 4, Number 191:
Narrated Amr bin Yahya:
My father said, “I saw Amr bin Abi Hasan asking ‘Abdullah bin Zaid about the ablution of the
Prophet. Abdullah 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.)”
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 198:
Narrated ‘Amr bin Yahya:
(on the authority of his father) My uncle used to perform ablution extravagantly and once he
asked ‘Abdullah bin Zaid to tell him how he had seen the Prophet performing ablution. He asked for
an earthen-ware pot containing water, and poured water from it on his hands and washed them
thrice, and then put his hand in the earthen-ware 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
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then from back to front, and then washed his feet (up to the ankles) and said, “I saw the Prophet per –
forming ablution in that way.”
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 190:
Narrated ‘Amr bin Yahya:
(on the authority of his father) ‘Abdullah bin Zaid poured water on his hands from a utensil con –
taining water and washed them and then with one handful of water he rinsed his mouth and
cleaned his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out. He repeated it thrice. He, then,
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washed his hands and forearms up to the elbows twice and passed wet hands over his head, both
forwards and backwards, and washed his feet up to the ankles and said, “This is the ablution of Al –
lah’s Apostle.”