What is the ruling on one who prays while wearing socks after the time limit has expired, and when does the time limit begin and when does it end?

Question : Hello, yes, peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. Please, go ahead on the phone. Yes, she says that she prayed while wearing the socks and the time limit has ended; does she have to repeat the prayer, Honorable Shaykh?

Answer : This requires a distinction. If she wiped over these socks before the time limit ended and remained in a state of ritual purity, and then the time limit ended, she is not required to remove them, because the expiration of the time limit does not invalidate the ablution. She may pray as much as she wishes until her ablution is broken, and then she performs a complete ablution. However, if the time limit ended, and after the time limit ended she wiped over them and prayed, then she is required to repeat the prayer, because wiping after the time limit for wiping has expired is not valid. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set a time limit for wiping of one day and one night for the resident, and three days and their nights for the traveler. The time limit begins from the first time one wipes after a state of ritual impurity. What is before the wiping is not counted in the time limit.