Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) Chapter: Wiping of Head and Feet َدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ٠َنْ رَأَى أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠ْسَحُ ظَهْرَ قَدَ٠ِنْ أَعْلَى الْقَدَ٠ِ إِلَى الْكَعْبِ وَ٠ِنَ الْكَعْبِ إِلَى أَعْلَى الْقَدَ٠َسْحِ الرِّجْلَيْنِ ٠ُدْبِراً فَإِنَّهُ ٠ُوَسَّعِ إِنْ شَاءَ الله.

One may wipe forward or backward; it is one of the matters in which ease is granted by the will of Allah.’” (Fatwa best explains this Hadith.) رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (3/103))