are the two protruding bones, then the two feet contain four such bones. Since Allah says, “up to the two ankles,” it is known that there are two ankles between the two feet; thus, each foot has one ankle.

The reply to them is found in the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: he would wash his feet up to the two ankles at the lower end of the shins. He knew Allah’s intent best, and every one of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, who described the Prophet’s ablution followed him in this.

The Rafidah oppose the truth concerning the purification of the feet in three ways:

First: they do not wash the feet; rather, they merely wipe them.

Second: they limit the purification to the protruding bone on the upper part of the foot alone.

Third: they do not wipe over leather socks, considering it prohibited, even though one of those who narrated wiping over leather socks was Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, who is, in their view, the Imam of Imams.

Order, ………

His statement, “Order”: this means that each limb is purified in its proper place. This is the fifth of the obligatory acts of ablution. The evidence is the saying of Allah the Exalted: “O believers! When you rise up for prayer, wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows, wipe your heads, and wash your feet up to the ankles” [al-Ma'idah 5:6].

The indication in the verse is that the limb to be wiped is placed between the limbs that are washed. We know of no purpose for this other than maintaining the proper order; otherwise, the limbs to be washed would have been mentioned in a single sequence. Moreover, this clause occurs as the consequence of a condition, and whatever serves as