The tradition has also been reported through a different chain of narrators. This version has:
The Muslims stood up and struck the earth with their palms, but did not get any earth (in their hands). He (Ibn Wahb) then narrated the rest of the tradition in like manner, but he did not mention the words "shoulders" and "armpits". Ibn al-Laith said: (They) wiped above the elbows.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 319 In-book : Book 1, Hadith 319 English translation : Book 1, Hadith 319
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