fingers, and that he used to rub his toes with his little finger, performing some rubbing. All of this indicates the obligation of washing, for the wiped [part] does not require complete coverage and rubbing. As for the verse, Ikrima reported from Ibn Abbas that he used to read it as {wa arjulakum} (and your feet [in the accusative case]). He said: It returns to the washing (18). It was narrated from Ali, Ibn Mas'ud, and al-Sha'bi that they used to read it in that manner. Said recorded all of that, and it is the recitation of a group of the reciters, including Ibn Amir (19), so it is linked to the hands in the [act of] washing. As for one who recites it with the genitive case (jar), it is due to proximity, [as they cited] (20):
= And Imam Malik, in: The Chapter on Action in Ablution, from the Book of Purification. Al-Muwatta 1/20. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 6/81, 84, 99, 112, 192, 258. Muslim also recorded the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, in: The Chapter on the Obligation of Washing the Two Feet Completely, from the Book of Purification. Sahih Muslim 1/214, 215. It was also recorded by al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on Washing the Heels, from the Book of Ablution. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/53. And al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding 'Woe to the Heels from the Fire', from the Book of Purification. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/58. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the Obligation of Washing the Two Feet, from the Book of Purification. Al-Mujtaba min al-Sunan 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 Ablution. Sunan al-Darimi 1/179. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 2/282, 284, 389, 406, 407, 409, 430, 467, 482, 498. Ibn Majah also recorded it from Jabir, in: The Chapter on Washing the Heels, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/155. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 3/316, 390. It was also recorded from Mu'ayqib by Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 3/426, 5/425. It was also recorded from Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn Juz' al-Zubaydi by Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 4/191. Al-Tirmidhi said: In the same chapter are narrations from Abdullah ibn Amr, Aisha, Jabir, Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn Juz' al-Zubaydi, Mu'ayqib, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Shurahbil ibn Hasana, Amr ibn al-As, and Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan. Ibn Majah mentioned that it is also narrated from: Khalid ibn al-Walid, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, Shurahbil ibn Hasana, and Amr ibn al-As. (18) i.e., the matter returns to the washing. See: Tafsir al-Tabari 10/55. (19) Abu Imran Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Yazid al-Yahsubi, the great Imam and reciter of al-Sham, who died in the year 118 AH. Siyar A'lam al-Nubala 5/292, 293; Ma'rifat al-Qurra' al-Kibar 1/99. (20) In [the manuscript] M: "as he said and recited". The two verses cited are by Imru' al-Qais, from his famous Mu'allaqa. They are found in his Diwan; the first on page 25, and the second on page 22. They are among the grammatical evidences (shawahid). See: Mu'jam Shawahid al-Arabiyya, by Professor Abd al-Salam Harun 1/305.
