حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ بِالرَّأْىِ لَكَانَ بَاطِنُ الْقَدَمَيْنِ أَحَقَّ بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ ظَاهِرِهِمَا وَقَدْ مَسَحَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى ظَهْرِ خُفَّيْهِ وَرَوَاهُ وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ أُرَى أَنَّ بَاطِنَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ ظَاهِرِهِمَا حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَمْسَحُ عَلَى ظَاهِرِهِمَا ‏.‏ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ يَعْنِي الْخُفَّيْنِ ‏.‏ وَرَوَاهُ عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ كَمَا رَوَاهُ وَكِيعٌ وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو السَّوْدَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ خَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَوَضَّأَ فَغَسَلَ ظَاهِرَ قَدَمَيْهِ وَقَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَفْعَلُهُ ‏.‏ وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ

A ‘mash transmitted this tradition saying

Muhammad bin Al-Ala' narrated to us: Hafs bin Ghiyat narrated to us, from Al-A'mash, with this hadith. He said: If the religion were based on opinion, the bottom of the feet would be more deserving of wiping than the upper part, but the Prophet (ﷺ) wiped over the upper part of his leather socks. Waki' narrated it from Al-A'mash with his isnad, saying: I used to think that the bottom of the feet was more deserving of wiping than the upper part, until I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wiping over their upper parts – Waki' meant the leather socks. Isa bin Yunus narrated it from Al-A'mash similarly to how Waki' narrated it. And Abu Al-Sawda' narrated it from Ibn Abd Khayr from his father, who said: I saw Ali perform ablution and wash the top of his feet, and say: Had I not seen the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) doing it – and he drove the rest of the hadith.