Sahih al-Bukhari 199 (Book 4, Hadith 65)
`Abdullah bin Zaid to tell him how he had seen the Prophet (ﷺ) performing ablution. He asked for an
earthenware pot containing water, and poured water from it on his hands and washed them thrice, and
then put his hand in the earthenware pot and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in
it and then blowing it out thrice with one handful of water; he again put his hand in the water and
took a handful of water and washed his face thrice, then washed his hands up to the elbows twice, and
took water with his hand, and passed it over his head from front to back and then from back to front,
and then washed his feet (up to the ankles) and said, “I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) performing ablution in that
way.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 199 (Book 4, Hadith 65)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The monumental hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari was authored by the renowned scholar al-Bukhārī approximately in the year 847. It is universally regarded as one of the most valued and authentic texts in Sunni Islamic scholarship, second only to the Quran in authority. This work is a primary member of the Kutub al-Sittah, a group of six trusted hadith collections that also includes the works of Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Nasa’i, and ibn Majah. Al-Bukhārī’s compilation is vast, featuring 7,563 hadiths systematically arranged across 97 different books.
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For more Hadith in Book 4: Ablutions (Wudu’)