Wiping over a bandage that exceeds the need and repeating the prayers

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I prayed for two weeks while I had a bandage on due to a broken finger, and the bandage was wrapped around most of my foot without any need,

The Shaykh:
I prayed.

The questioner:
for two weeks, and I had a bandage on due to a broken finger, and the bandage was wrapped around most of my foot without any need, and I wiped over it. So should I repeat these prayers?

The Shaykh:
You made a mistake in this, but you do not repeat the prayer because you needed it for the fracture; at most, there was an excess beyond the need. You thought that one wipes over it, so you wiped over it and prayed. The prayer is valid, if Allah wills, but do not do this again in the future. The bandage, splint, or cast must be the size of the wound, the size of the fracture, and only the amount of the need. If it exceeds that, the jurists say that if one is able to remove the excess, he removes it; if he is not able, he performs dry ablution with clean earth.