Two distinct Hanafi reports concern the minimum extent of wiping: one specifies a quarter of the head, using the forelock as the measure; another refers to the area of three smaller fingers of the hand and is accompanied by “wa-huwa al-sahih” (“and this is correct”). They should not be presented as identical measures or the second reduced to an unimportant aside.
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Minimum Wiping: Quarter-Head and Three-Finger Narrations
Taharah and Wudu Obligations: Limits, Evidence and Juristic Differences
Two distinct Hanafi reports concern the minimum extent of wiping: one specifies a quarter of the head, using the forelock as the measure; another refers to the area of three smaller fingers of the hand and is accompanied by “wa-huwa al-sahih” (“and this is correct”). They should not be presented as identical measures or the second reduced to an unimportant aside.