unlike the head. As for the hadith of Aws in (26) that the Prophet - may God bless him and grant him peace - wiped over his two feet (27), he only intended light washing. The same applies to the hadith of Ibn Abbas, which is why he said: "He took a handful of water and sprinkled it over his two feet." Wiping is done with moisture, not by sprinkling water.

As for the statement of al-Khiraqi: "They are the two protruding bones," he meant that the ankles are those located at the bottom of the shin on both sides of the foot. It was narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hasan that he said: "They are on the instep of the foot, which is where the shoelace is tied on the foot," based on the fact that He said: {to the ankles}. This indicates that there are only two ankles on the two feet. If you meant what you have mentioned, the ankles of the feet would be four, for each foot has two ankles. Our evidence is that the ankles known in common parlance are what we have mentioned. Abu Ubayd said: "The ankle which is at the base of the foot is the end of the shin, similar to the nodes (ka'ab) of a reed, each joint of which is called a ka'b." Abu al-Qasim al-Jadali (28) narrated from al-Nu'man ibn Bashir, who said: "One of us would press his ankle against his companion's ankle in prayer, and his shoulder against his companion's shoulder." This was recorded by al-Khallal (29), and al-Bukhari (30) mentioned it. It is also narrated that the Quraysh used to pelt the ankles of the Messenger of God - may God bless him and grant him peace - from behind until they would bleed, and the instep of the foot is in front of them. His saying the Almighty: {to the ankles} is an argument for us; for He intended that each foot be washed up to the ankles, since if He had intended the ankles of all the feet, He would have said "the ankles" (al-ki'ab), just as He said: {and your hands to the elbows}.

Section: He is required to include the ankles in the washing, as we said regarding the elbows previously.

30 - Issue: He said: "And he shall perform the purification member by member, as God Almighty commanded."

The summary of this is that the sequence in ablution (wudu') according to what is in the verse is mandatory according to Ahmad. I have not seen...