نا نا ابْنُ صَاعِدٍ ، نا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلاءِ ، ثنا مَرْوَانُ ، نا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، عَنْ زِيَادٍ ، قَالَ : جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْوُضُوءِ ، فَقَالَ : أَبْدَأُ بِالْيَمِينِ أَوْ بِالشِّمَالِ ؟ " فَأَضْرَطَ عَلِيٌّ بِهِ ، ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَبَدَأَ بِالشِّمَالِ قَبْلَ الْيَمِينِ " .
The narrator named Ziyad reports: A man came to Sayyiduna Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about performing ablution, saying: "Should I begin with the right hand or with the left hand?" So Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) rebuked him, then he called for water and (while performing ablution) washed his left hand before his right hand.