Wiping over perforated leather socks
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The questioner:
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) spoke on the issue of excessively worn and split leather socks, stating that the Companions used to wear them and wipe over them. Is what he (may Allah have mercy on him) held correct?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is what Shaykh al-Islam said, and others who followed him or... said it as well. But we say that the default is soundness; the default for worn items is soundness. So prove to us that they were perforated. Prove to us that the leather socks of the Companions, or the leather sock of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), had holes in them, so that we may accept his statement. Otherwise, the default is soundness; the default for leather socks and worn items is soundness. Furthermore, when "leather sock" (khuff) and "leather cap" (jaghrah) are used in a general sense, they refer to the sound ones. As for the perforated one, it is not referred to in a general sense; rather, one says "a perforated leather sock" or "a perforated sock." If I said, "This is a sock" and "This is a leather sock" in a general sense, that would be deception. If someone ordered you to legislate a leather sock for him, and you brought him a perforated one, saying, "You ordered me to bring you a leather sock, and this is a leather sock," he would say, "No, I only ordered a sound leather sock." You did not bring him the general leather sock, which is the more apparent one. Yes.
The questioner:
Did any of the scholars say that it is not permissible to answer? Visiting the two children in the summer, because their souls are usually in no need.
The Shaykh:
By Allah, I do not know of anyone who said that wiping over the leather socks is permissible at one time and not at another. I do not know of this. Yes.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) spoke on the issue of excessively worn and split leather socks, stating that the Companions used to wear them and wipe over them. Is what he (may Allah have mercy on him) held correct?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is what Shaykh al-Islam said, and others who followed him or... said it as well. But we say that the default is soundness; the default for worn items is soundness. So prove to us that they were perforated. Prove to us that the leather socks of the Companions, or the leather sock of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), had holes in them, so that we may accept his statement. Otherwise, the default is soundness; the default for leather socks and worn items is soundness. Furthermore, when "leather sock" (khuff) and "leather cap" (jaghrah) are used in a general sense, they refer to the sound ones. As for the perforated one, it is not referred to in a general sense; rather, one says "a perforated leather sock" or "a perforated sock." If I said, "This is a sock" and "This is a leather sock" in a general sense, that would be deception. If someone ordered you to legislate a leather sock for him, and you brought him a perforated one, saying, "You ordered me to bring you a leather sock, and this is a leather sock," he would say, "No, I only ordered a sound leather sock." You did not bring him the general leather sock, which is the more apparent one. Yes.
The questioner:
Did any of the scholars say that it is not permissible to answer? Visiting the two children in the summer, because their souls are usually in no need.
The Shaykh:
By Allah, I do not know of anyone who said that wiping over the leather socks is permissible at one time and not at another. I do not know of this. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/12 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (40:55)
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