And from him (may Allah be pleased with him) it was said: (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he performed ablution, would run water over his elbows). Al-Daraqutni narrated it with a weak chain of transmission.

The Shaykh : Then the author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And from him (may Allah be pleased with him) it was said:

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to run the water down his elbows while performing ablution

كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا توضأ أدار الماء على مرفقيه

Bulugh al-Maram 48

Al-Daraqutni narrated it with a weak chain of transmission":
: Meaning, and he washed his hands.
: The elbow is the joint between the upper arm and the forearm, and it is called an elbow because a person uses it for support when sitting; when he sits, he rests on it like this, either on the right or on the left.
And his statement: The author (may Allah have mercy on him) brought this to argue that it is obligatory to wash the elbows, based on his saying: , but as you see, the hadith says: "Its chain of transmission is weak". I wish the author (may Allah have mercy on him) had brought in its place the hadith of Abu Hurayrah in *Sahih Muslim*: , for if he began with the upper arm, it necessitates that he wash the elbows, and the hadith is in Muslim. However, no matter how capable a person is, some things may be missed by him. Otherwise, it is well known that Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) is a memorizer, a good memorizer in authorship, but some things may slip past a person, unless it is said that this hadith was famous and Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) wanted to clarify that it is a weak hadith.