While we were sitting with the Commander of the Faithful, Ali, in the mosque at the entrance of the Rahbah, a man came and said, "Show me the ablution of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."This was around midday, so Ali called Qanbar and said, "Bring me a jug of water."He washed his hands and his face three times, rinsed his mouth three times, inserted some of his fingers into his mouth, sniffed water into his nose three times, washed his forearms three times, and wiped his head once. He said, "The inner part of the ears belongs to the face, and the outer part belongs to the head."Then he washed his feet up to the ankles three times, while his beard was dripping onto his chest. After completing the ablution, he took a sip of the water, then said, "Where is the one who asked about the ablution of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? This is how the ablution of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ was performed."
حدثنا محمد بن عبيد حدثنا مختار
بينا نحن جلوس مع أمير المؤمنين علي في المسجد على باب الرحبة جاء رجل فقال أرني وضوء رسول الله ﷺ وهو عند الزوال فدعا قنبرا فقال ائتني بكوز من ماء فغسل كفيه ووجهه ثلاثا وتمضمض ثلاثا فأدخل بعض أصابعه في فيه واستنشق ثلاثا وغسل ذراعيه ثلاثا ومسح رأسه واحدة فقال داخلهما من الوجه وخارجهما من الرأس ورجليه إلى الكعبين ثلاثا ولحيته تهطل على صدره ثم حسا حسوة بعد الوضوء ثم قال أين السائل عن وضوء رسول الله ﷺ كذا كان وضوء نبي الله ﷺ
Its isnad is daif due to the weakness of Mukhtar bin Nafi, and discussion of a similar isnad has already preceded in the hadith before this one. See 1353.Regarding his statement, "He said, its inner part is with the face and its outer part is with the head" - he means the ears, even though they were not mentioned, or perhaps this was omitted by one of the narrators.I have not found anything resembling this meaning except what was quoted in Nasb Raya 1:22-23 from Ibn Siraj, that he used to wash the ears along with the face and wipe them along with the head, treating whatever faced forward of them as part of the face, and whatever faced backward as part of the head.The word "dakhilaha" appears in manuscript (ح) as "dakhilahuma," which is an error, and we corrected it based on manuscripts (ك) and (هـ).Al-haswah, with either fatha or damma on the ha, means a small amount of water. It is said that the fatha form refers to a single instance of sipping, while the damma form refers to the quantity sipped at one time.