• And I heard Ishaq—another time—say: "If the person wiping over his two leather socks wipes over them with one finger, that is not considered a wiping, until he wipes with his hands as he was commanded, unless there is an ailment in his hands or one of them; for the Sunnah has passed that the wiping upon them is with the hands, except for what the hand might have missed."

272 - 'Amr ibn 'Uthman narrated to us, saying: Al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us, saying: It was said to Abu 'Amr al-Awza'i: "[What if he] wiped with a single finger, [making] a single line?" He said: "It does not suffice him, but if he repeats the wiping with it, it suffices him, although he should not do that intentionally."

273 - Ahmad ibn Nasr narrated to us, saying: Hibban ibn Musa narrated to us, saying: 'Abd Allah said: Sufyan said: "Wiping with two fingers along the length of the fingers is sufficient."

274 - Abu Ma'n narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, saying: Bishr ibn Mansur narrated to us, from Khalid Abu al-Fadl, who said: Al-Qasim ibn Rabi'a the scribe asked al-Hasan, saying: "O Abu Sa'id, if a man is wearing two new white leather socks upon which dirt remains, how should he wipe over them?" He said: "He draws a line upon them," and he gestured with his index finger alone like this—and Abu Ma'n described it.

• And I saw Ahmad—another time—describe the wiping over the two leather socks, and he took [his hand] from the tips of his toes to the base of the foot, and he mentioned—I think—from al-Sha'bi that he used to wipe from the base of the foot to the tips of the toes.