Wiping the Ears with the Water from the Head or with New Water

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. I heard from some students of knowledge that it is a sunnah (recommended practice) to wipe the ears with the water from the head at times, and at other times to take new water for the ears. Is this correct?

The Shaykh:
Did anything of this pass by us in the hadiths? Yes? Repeat it.

The questioner:
The questioner.

The Shaykh:
Repeat the hadith that passed by this. Yes.

The questioner:
He says: The chapter states that the ears are part of the head and that they are wiped with its water.

The Shaykh:
That they are wiped with its water, meaning the water of the head. This is a refutation of the one who says that it is necessary to take new water for the ears. How can new water be taken for the ears when they are part of the head?
They are wiped with the water of the head because they are part of it, and this is the correct view. As for what is reported that he took new water for his ears, this has not been preserved from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). What is preserved is that he took new water for his head, other than the excess from his hands. This is what was reported. He rejected the water from his hands after he had washed his hands; when he wanted to wipe his head, he took new water instead of the remaining moisture from washing his hands. This is what is preserved from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.