Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr
The Prophet ﷺ saw people whose heels were dry after wudu and called out in a loud voice: "Woe to the heels from the Fire!" two or three times.
Sahih al-Bukhari 60, Sahih Muslim 241
What this hadith teaches
Every part of the wudu must be washed fully. A small dry patch on the heel, between the toes or on the elbows spoils the wudu.
Reference and grade
- Grade
- Sahih: agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim
- Narrator
- Abdullah ibn Amr
- Chapter
- Wudu and purity
The hadith in Arabic نص الحديث
وَيْلٌ لِلأَعْقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ ". مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثًا
Arabic text of Sahih al-Bukhari 60, as given on sunnah.com.