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Ibn Majah: Hadith 539

1. The Book of Purification and its Sunnah

سنن ابن ماجه

539
Ibn Majah
Sahih (Darussalam)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي حَيَّةَ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ قَدَمَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُرِيَكُمْ طُهُورَ نَبِيِّكُمْ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏.‏
It was narrated that Abu Haiyah said:
"I saw 'Ali performing ablution and he washed his feet up to the ankles, then he said: 'I wanted to show you how your Prophet purified himself.'"
Reference: English : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 456
Arabic : Book 1, Hadith 492