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(salam) Since coming to Pakistan, I have noticed a very common practice among the Shia regarding Wudhu. Whenever given the chance to do Wudhu while sitting (ie: in a proper Wudhu area), people commence their Wudhu by washing their feet thoroughly up to their ankles. This is done before any other action (although it does not replace the wiping of the feet at the end). Just about everyone does it with persistent regularity. I have never seen this practice in all my time in Canada, nor have I seen this among the Sunnis anywhere. I also cannot find any evidence for it on the Internet (http://www.wikihow.com/Perform-Ablution-%28Shia%29). Is this perhaps a mustahab act of some sort? Coincidentally, I found a reference to this practice in a book describing Ibn Battuta's travels, where it is recounted that Ibn Battuta met some Shia (in I think Iraq) and got into an argument with them over where to start Wudhu from. The Shia supposedly claimed that the feet had to be begun from, as they are the support for the body. Can someone please clear up some of this confusion? (wasalam)
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