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37. Abū Umāmah narrated: "The Prophet ﷺ performed Wudū; so he washed his face three times, and his hands three times, and wiped his head, and he said: "The ears are part of the head." (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] Qutaibah (the one At-Tirmidhī is narrating from) said: "Ḥammād (one of the narrators) said: 'I do not know if this was a saying of the Prophet ﷺ or from the saying of Abū Umāmah.'"
He said: There are narrations on this topic from Anas.
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth [is Hasan] its chain is not that strong. Most of the people of knowledge, among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and those after them act according to this: That the two ears are part of the head. This is the saying of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Ash-Shāfi'ī, Aḥmad, and Iṣhāq.
Some of the people of knowledge say that what is the front of two ears is part of the face, and what is behind them is part of the head.
Ishāq said: "It is preferred that one wipe the front of them along with his face, and the rear of them along with his head."
[Ash-Shāfi'i said: "They are Sunnah either way: they are to be wiped with new water."]
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The annotator of Zād Al-Ma'ād quoted that most people of knowledge, like: Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab, 'Aṭā, Ḥasan, Ibn Sīrīn, Sa'eed bin Jubair, Nakh'i, Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Mālik, the followers of analogy, Ahmad and Ishāq had this very opinion; that taking fresh water for wiping the ears is not necessary; the ears will be wiped along with the head (Footnote of Zād Al-Ma'ād: Vol. 1, page: 188); and this is the preferred view.
