Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 21047 — Ali bin al-Husayn (may Allah have mercy)

Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Aqil (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Ali bin al-Husayn (may Allah have mercy on him) sent me to al-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwidh bin Afra (may Allah be pleased with her) to ask her about the ablution (wudu) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform ablution at her house. So I came to her and asked her, and she brought out a vessel to me which held about one and a quarter mudd of water by the Hashimi measure, and said: "I used to bring out his (peace and blessings be upon him) ablution water in this. He (peace and blessings be upon him) would first pour water on his right hand and wash it three times before putting it into the vessel, then rinse his mouth and clean his nose three times, wash his face three times, wash his right hand three times and his left hand three times, then wipe his head towards the front and the back." Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) described and demonstrated how he (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped his head, until he reached its starting point. These are the words of the hadith of Ibn Abi Umar, and Ibn Abi Umar added in his hadith that Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Ibn Ajlan narrated to me from Ibn Aqil this addition, that al-Rubayyi' (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would wipe his temples and his cheeks, then bring them (his hands) back to the middle of his head, then extend them to the nape of his neck, then wipe his ears, then wash his feet."