English Translation

Affan told us: Hammad ibn Salamah told us: Hisham ibn Urwah informed us, from his father, from A'ishah, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, when he wanted to perform the greater ablution from major ritual impurity, would perform ablution as for prayer, then put his hand into the vessel and work it through the roots of his hair; and when he thought he had thoroughly reached the whole of his skin, he would pour water over his head three times, then wash the rest of his body. Urwah said: except that he would begin by washing his hand, then his private parts.