ibn Umar. These were recorded by Said and others (12). From Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), that a man performed ablution but left a spot the size of a fingernail on his foot, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw him and said: "Go back and perform your ablution properly." So he went back and performed ablution (13), then prayed. Recorded by Muslim (14). In another wording: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw a man praying, and on the back of his foot there was a spot the size of a dirham that the water had not reached, so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered him to repeat his ablution and prayer. Recorded by Abu Dawud (15) and al-Athram. Al-Athram said: Abu Abdullah mentioned the chain of narration for this hadith. I asked him: Is the chain of narration sound? He said: Yes. And from Abdullah ibn Amr, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw some people performing ablution while their heels were visible/gleaming (16), so he said: "Woe to the heels from the Fire." And from Aisha and Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Woe to the heels from the Fire." These were recorded by Muslim (17). We have already mentioned the order of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to perform takhlil (interlacing) of the...
(12) See the takhrij (documentation) of these hadiths in the preceding pages 150, 169, 170. (13) Omitted from the original. It is present in some narrations. (14) In: The Chapter on the Obligation of Including All Parts of the Area of Purification, from the Book of Purification. Sahih Muslim 1/215. Recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on Separating Ablution, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/39. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on One Who Performs Ablution but Leaves a Spot that the Water Did Not Reach, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/218. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 1/21, 23. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah, from Anas, in the two aforementioned places. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 3/146. (15) In: The Chapter on Separating Ablution, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/39. It was also recorded by Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on One Who Performs Ablution but Leaves a Spot that the Water Did Not Reach, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/218. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 3/424. (16) "Taluhu": i.e., gleaming/shining. (17) Muslim recorded the hadith of Abdullah ibn Amr in: The Chapter on the Obligation of Washing the Two Feet Completely, from the Book of Purification. Sahih Muslim 1/214. It was also recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on One Who Raises His Voice with Knowledge, and The Chapter on One Who Repeats a Hadith Three Times to be Understood, from the Book of Knowledge, and in: The Chapter on Washing the Two Feet and Not Wiping Over the Feet, from the Book of Ablution. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/35, 52. And Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on Perfecting Ablution, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/22. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the Obligation of Washing the Two Feet, from the Book of Purification. Al-Mujtaba 1/66. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on Washing the Heels, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/154. And al-Darimi, in: The Chapter: Woe to the Heels from the Fire, from the Book of Purification. Sunan al-Darimi 1/179. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 2/193, 201, 205, 211, 226. Muslim also recorded the hadith of Aisha, in: The Chapter on the Obligation of Washing the Two Feet Completely, from the Book of Purification. Sahih Muslim 1/213, 214. And Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on Washing the Heels, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/154.
