The ruling on wearing socks with the intention of wiping over them
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding wearing socks with the intention of wiping over them, can we say that this is not a blameworthy stratagem? Because it does not invalidate a right, nor
Answer:
The jurists say that it is not prescribed to wear them for the purpose of wiping if his intention in wearing them is to wipe. This is not prescribed if his intention in wearing them is to keep warm or to protect himself from the cold, in which case there is no harm, and the wiping is incidental and not intended. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding wearing socks with the intention of wiping over them, can we say that this is not a blameworthy stratagem? Because it does not invalidate a right, nor
Answer:
The jurists say that it is not prescribed to wear them for the purpose of wiping if his intention in wearing them is to wipe. This is not prescribed if his intention in wearing them is to keep warm or to protect himself from the cold, in which case there is no harm, and the wiping is incidental and not intended. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 27-06-1438هـ — af.org.sa (45:47)
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