Is it necessary to repeat ablution when washing the right foot three times and the left foot twice?
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It is better to wash the left foot three times, but washing it twice does not invalidate the ablution; rather, it suffices. The obligation in washing the limbs is once, and three times is a . Authentic hadiths have been reported showing washing once, twice, and three times, and this variation is an indication that all of these are permissible.
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