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The Prophet (ﷺ) remained behind us on a journey. He joined us while we were performing ablution for the
`Asr prayer which was overdue and we were just passing wet hands over our feet (not washing them
thoroughly) so he addressed us in a loud voice saying twice , "Save your heels from the fire."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 4, Hadith 29
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you performs ablution he should put water in his nose and then
blow it out and whoever cleans his private parts with stones should do so with odd numbers. And
whoever wakes up from his sleep should wash his hands before putting them in the water for ablution,
because nobody knows where his hands were during sleep."
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(the freed slave of `Uthman bin `Affan) I saw `Uthman bin `Affan asking (for a tumbler of water) to
perform ablution (and when it was brought) he poured water from it over his hands and washed them
thrice and then put his right hand in the water container and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by
putting water in it and then blowing it out. Then he washed his face thrice and (then) forearms up to
the elbows thrice, then passed his wet hands over his head and then washed each foot thrice. After that
`Uthman said, "I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) performing ablution like this of mine, and he said, 'If anyone
performs ablution like that of mine and offers a two-rak`at prayer during which he does not think of
anything else (not related to the present prayer) then his past sins will be forgiven. '