if you understand this, is there anything in the ḥadīth that indicates the recommendation of extending the whiteness and brightness? What we see, if we do not consider the opinion of Abū Hurayrah (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu), is that it does not indicate that, because his statement: "to the extent of the ablution" clearly refers to the legal ablution, and if extending is not established in the sharīʿah, then it is not permissible to add to it, as is evident. Moreover, if the ḥadīth indicates that, it would not indicate washing the upper arm because it is neither part of the whiteness nor the brightness. Therefore, Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allāh have mercy on him, said in "Ḥādī al-Arwāḥ ilá Bilād al-Afrāḥ" (1/315-316): "This ḥadīth has been used as evidence by those who see the recommendation of washing the upper arm and extending it, but the correct view is that it is not recommended. This is the opinion of the people of Madīnah, and there are two narrations from Aḥmad. The ḥadīth does not indicate extending because the adornment is only a beauty on the forearm and wrist, not on the upper arm and shoulder." Know that there is another ḥadīth used as evidence by those who advocate for the recommendation of extending the whiteness and brightness, and it is in the wording: "Indeed, my nation will come on the Day of Resurrection with whiteness and brightness from the traces of ablution, so whoever among you can..