What is the description of wiping the ears in ablution, and are the cartilages to be wiped? And how are rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose done with one scoop? And what is meant by the two ankles?

1- Wiping the ears is a Sunnah according to the majority of scholars, and obligatory according to the Hanbalis. Wiping is sufficient in any manner, but the Sunnah way is to insert the forefingers into the earholes and wipe their outer parts with the thumbs.

2- The Sunnah for rinsing the mouth and nose (instinshaq and istinthar) is with three scoops of water, rinsing the mouth and nose from each scoop.

3- The two ankles are the two prominent bones on either side of the feet at the leg joints.