85 - Chapter: Wiping the ears along with the head, and what is cited as evidence that they are part of the head

102 - Mujāhid ibn Mūsā informed us, saying: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Idrīs narrated to us, saying: Ibn ʿAjlān narrated to us, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yasār, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: The Messenger of Allāh, peace and blessings be upon him, performed ablution. He scooped up a handful of water and rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose. Then he scooped up a handful and washed his face. Then he scooped up a handful and washed his right hand. Then he scooped up a handful and washed his left hand. Then he wiped his head and his ears—their inner parts with his index fingers and their outer parts with his thumbs. Then he scooped up a handful and washed his right foot. Then he scooped up a handful and washed his left foot.

103 - Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd and ʿUtbah ibn ʿAbd Allāh informed us, from Mālik, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yasār—

[Editorial note:] It was also recorded by Ibn Mājah (403) and Ibn Ḥibbān (1076) via chains from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muḥammad, with this same chain of transmission, in a similar but abbreviated form. It was also recorded by al-Bukhārī (140) via the route of Sulaymān ibn Bilāl, from Zayd ibn Aslam, with it, but without mentioning the ears. It has already been mentioned in abbreviated form under number (80), via the route of Sufyān al-Thawrī, from Zayd ibn Aslam, with it, concerning his ablution, peace and blessings be upon him, washing each part once. Its chain of transmission is sound, and the hadith of Ibn ʿAjlān will follow afterward.

(1) In (R), (YH), and the margins of (K) and (M): "then he rinsed his mouth" (fatamadmaḍa), and in the margin of (YH): "then he rinsed his mouth" (famadmaḍa).
(2) In the margin of (H): "with his index fingers" (bil-sabbābatayn).
(3) A sound hadith; its narrators are trustworthy, except Ibn ʿAjlān—who is Muḥammad—for he is ṣadūq (truthful), and Muslim narrated from him in corroborative contexts. It appears in al-Sunan al-Kubrá under number (106). It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhī (36), Ibn Mājah (439), and Ibn Ḥibbān (1078) and (1086) via chains from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Idrīs, with this same chain of transmission. The versions of al-Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah are abbreviated. It has already been mentioned in abbreviated form under number (80); see also what precedes it.