حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ يَحْيَى ابْنِ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ أَبِي حَسَنٍ الْمَازِنِيُّ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَوَضَّأَ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرٍو بْنِ يَحْيَى مُنْذُ أَرْبَعٍ وَسَبْعِينَ سَنَةً وَسَأَلْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِقَلِيلٍ وَكَانَ يَحْيَى أَكْبَرَ مِنْهُ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: سَمِعْتُ مِنْهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَحَادِيثَ، فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ مَرْتَيْنِ وَوَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مَرْتَيْنِ، قَالَ أَبِي: سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ سُفْيَانَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يَقُولُ: غَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ مَرْتَيْنِ، وَقَالَ مَرَّةً: مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مَرَّةً، وَقَالَ مَرْتَيْنِ: مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ مَرْتَيْنِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution. Imam Sufyan said: It has been seventy-four years since Yahya bin Saeed narrated this hadith to me. After some time, I also asked him about it, and Yahya was older than him. Sufyan says: I heard three hadiths from him. So, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) washed his hands twice, his face three times, and wiped his head twice. Imam Ahmad says: I heard this hadith from Sufyan three times. He used to say: He washed his feet twice, but once he narrated it as: He wiped his head once, and twice he narrated it as: He wiped his head twice.