Chapter: Ablution

He—may Allah have mercy on him—was asked about wiping the head during ablution:

“Some scholars require wiping the entire head, others require wiping a quarter of it, and others say that wiping some of its hair suffices. Which of these views should be considered correct? Please explain this to us.”

He replied:

Praise be to Allah. All the imams agree that the Sunnah is to wipe the entire head, as established in the authentic and good hadiths reported from the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace. None of those who described his ablution reported that he confined himself to wiping only part of his head. What some jurists—such as al-Qudūrī at the beginning of his compendium, and others—mention, namely that he performed ablution and wiped his forelock, is only part of the hadith recorded in the Sahīh on the authority of al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah:

“The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—performed ablution in the year of Tabūk and wiped his forelock.”

For this reason, a group of scholars held that wiping part of the head is permissible, and this is