Sayyidina Hammam ibn Harith (RA) reported that when Sayyidina Jabir bin
Abdullah (RA) performed ablution after he had passed urine, he merely wipe over his socks (instead of washing his feet). He was asked why he did so, he said, "What prevents me from it when I observed Allah's Messenger (SAW) do that?" The narrator said,” We regard this hadith highly because he embraced Islam after the revelation of surah al-Ma'idah, Shahr ibn Hawshab said that when he saw Sayyidina Jarir ibn Abdullah (RA) perform ablution and wipe over his socks, he asked him about it and he said that he had seen the Prophet (SAW) do it. Shahr asked him, "Was it before al-Ma'idah was revealed, or after?" He said, “I embraced Islam after the revelation of al-Ma'idah.”.