The Beginning of the Time Period for Wiping over Leather Socks

Question:
May Allah reward you with good. Honorable Shaykh, if a person performs ritual purity, then puts on leather socks, and then wants to renew his ablution, does the time period begin after this wiping, or does it not begin until after the wiping for the state of ritual impurity?

Answer:
The time period begins from the state of ritual impurity after putting them on, not from the wiping to renew the ablution. This is a recommended practice, not an obligation. It begins from the state of ritual impurity after putting them on; that is the start of the time period.