Can you elaborate more on how the companions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) went about performing prayers after taking a cooked meal, when they had no handkerchiefs for cleaning their hands?
 Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Harith:                     that he asked Jabir bin `Abdullah about performing ablution after taking a cooked meal. He replied, "It is not essential," and added, "We never used to get such kind of food during the lifetime of the Prophet except rarely; and if at all we got such a dish, we did not have any handkerchiefs to wipe our hands with except the palms of our hands, our forearms and our feet. We would perform the prayer thereafter with-out performing new ablution."