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Sa'id ibn Jubayr reported: Ibn Abbas saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution. He narrated the tradition which says that he (the Prophet) performed each detail of ablution three times. He wiped his head and ears once.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 1, Hadith 133
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I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wiping his head once up to his nape.
Musaddad reported: He wiped his head from front to back until he moved his hands from beneath the ears.
Abu Dawud said: I heard Ahmad say: People thought that Ibn 'Uyainah had considered it to be munkar (rejected) and said: What is this chain: Talhah - his father - his grandfather ? Sunan Abi Dawud Book 1, Hadith 132
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AbuUmamah mentioned how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ablution, saying that he used to wipe the corners of his eyes, and he said that the ears are treated as part of the head.
Sulaiman b. Harb said: the wording "the ears are treated as part of the head" were uttered by Abu Umamah.
Hammad said: I do not know whether the phrase "the ears are treated as part of the head" was he statement of the Prophet (ﷺ) or of Abu Umamah. Sunan Abi Dawud Book 1, Hadith 134