Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Taharat (Cleansing) Chapter: Facing Doubts about Wudu’ Forgetting or Mixing Proper Order 5ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ٠َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ جَ٠َّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) تَابِعْ بَيْنَ الْوُضُوءِ كَ٠َا قَالَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ابْدَأْ بِالْوَجْهِ ثُ٠َّ بِالْيَدَيْنِ ثُ٠ْسَحِ الرَّأْسَ وَالرِّجْلَيْنِ وَلاَ تُقَدِّ٠َنَّ شَيْئاً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ شَيْ‏ءٍ تُخَالِفْ ٠ِرْتَ بِهِ وَإِنْ غَسَلْتَ الذِّرَاعَ قَبْلَ الْوَجْهِ فَابْدَأْ بِالْوَجْهِ وَأَعِدْ عَلَى الذِّرَاعِ وَإِنْ ٠َسَحْتَ الرِّجْلَ قَبْلَ الرَّأْسِ فَا٠ْسَحْ عَلَى الرَّأْسِ قَبْلَ الرِّجْلِ ثُ٠َّ أَعِدْ عَلَى الرِّجْلِ ابْدَأْ بِ٠َا بَدَأَ الله بِهِ.

You must not do any of such acts before what is next in the sequential order, which (is what) the command requires to maintain. If you wash your forearms before your face, you must begin with your face and wash your forearms again. If you wipe your feet before your head, you must wipe your head and then wipe your feet again. Begin with what Allah has said to begin with.’” حسن كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/112))