English translation
164. Narrated Humrān, the freed slave of 'Uthmān bin 'Affān رضي الله عنه: I saw 'Uthmān bin 'Affān asking (for a tumbler of water) to perform ablution (and when it was brought), he poured water from it over his hands and washed them thrice and then put his right hand in the water container and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out. Then he washed his face thrice and (then) forearms up to the elbows thrice, then passed his (wet) hands over his head, and then washed each foot thrice. After that 'Uthmān said, "I saw the Prophet ﷺ performing ablution like this of mine, and he ﷺ said, 'If anyone performs ablution like that of mine and offers a two Rak'ā prayer during which he does not think of anything else then his past sins will be forgiven'."
