It is sufficient to wipe approximately at any place in this part of the head...

It is sufficient to wipe approximately at any place in this part of the head, although the recommended precaution is that the length of the place of wiping should be equal to the length of a finger and its breadth should be equal to three joined fingers. 257. It is not necessary that the wiping of the head should be performed on its skin. It is also in order if a man wipes his hand on the hair of the head.

However, if the hair of a man's head are so long that on combing them they fall on his face or on other parts of his head he should wipe his hand on the roots of his hair or part the hair and wipe the skin. Hence, if a person collects on the front side of his head the hair which fall on his face or on other parts of his head and wipes them or the hair of other places such a wiping would be void. 258.

After wiping of the head one should wipe, with the wetness present in one's hands, one's feet from the tip of any toe of the foot up to the plump of the upper part of it, and the obligatory precaution in this behalf is that the wiping of the feet should be up to the ankle. It is also an obligatory precaution that the wiping of the right foot should be with the right palm and that of the let foot should be with the let palm. 259.

Whatever the breadth of the wiping on the foot may be it is sufficient. However, it is better that the breadth of the wiping should be equal to three joined fingers and it is still better that the wiping of the entire foot should be with the entire palm. 260.

It is an obligatory precaution that at the time of wiping the foot one should place one's hand on the tips of the fingers and then draw it on the instep, or that one should place the hand on the joint and draw it up to the tips of the fingers and not that one should place the entire hand on the foot and draw it a little. 261.

While wiping one's head and feet it is necessary to draw one's hand on them and in case the feet and head are moved and the hand remains stationary the ablutions would be void. However, there is no harm in it if the head and feet also move slightly while the hand is being drawn on them. 262. The part of the wiping should be dry and if it is so wet that the wetness of the palm of the hand has no effect on it the wiping will be void.

However, there is no harm in it if the wetness on that part is so insignificant that people consider the wetness of the head or foot after wiping to be the wetness transferred by the palm of the hand. 263.