Those who wiped the outer and inner parts of their ears

Humayd said: I saw Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) wiping both the outer and inner parts of his ears while performing ablution. I asked him the reason, and he said: Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to order that.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped his ears in this way: he wiped the inner parts of the ears with his index fingers and the outer parts of the ears with his thumbs.

Nafi' said: When Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) performed ablution, he would wipe the inner parts of his ears with his index fingers and the outer parts of his ears with his thumbs.

Sa'id bin Jubayr and Ibrahim used to say about wiping the ears: Wipe both their inner and outer parts.

Uthman (who was one of the slaves of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him)) said: I saw Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) wiping the outer parts of his ears during ablution.

Abd Khayr said: One day we were with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) at the Fajr prayer. After finishing the prayer, he called for a vessel of water for ablution and performed ablution. During the ablution he put his fingers into his ears, and then said to us: This is how I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) perform ablution.

Al-Aswad bin Yazid said: Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) performed ablution and wiped the outer and inner parts of his ears with his fingers.