English Translation

Hadrat Abdullah bin Zaid (may Allah be well pleased with him) — who was the grandfather of Amr bin Yahya — narrates that a man asked him: Can you show me how the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to perform ablution? Hadrat Abdullah bin Zaid (may Allah be well pleased with him) said: Yes! He then called for water. He first poured it on his hands and washed them twice, then rinsed his mouth and cleaned his nose three times, then washed his face three times, then washed both his hands up to the elbows twice each, then wiped his head with both his hands — taking them from front to back and then back to front, beginning from the front of the head, then taking them to the nape of the neck, then bringing them back to where he started — then washed both his feet.