The Ruling on Tayammum After the Time for Wiping Has Ended

Question:
The Shaykh was asked: If a person performs tayammum and the time for wiping over the socks has ended, what should he do? Does he take off the socks and then put them back on? And does he pray on the basis of tayammum for more than one time until he puts them on?

Answer:
The time for wiping has ended. Wiping has no connection to tayammum. Wiping is associated with the presence of water and its use, whereas tayammum has no connection to wiping. If he performs tayammum, he prays as long as his state of ritual purity is not broken. He prays on the basis of his tayammum as long as his state of ritual purity is not broken.
Some scholars say that tayammum ends when the time for prayer ends, but the correct view is that it does not end. Tayammum is not broken except by what breaks the ablution, by the things that break the ablution. As long as it is not broken, he prays on the basis of his tayammum, even for several prayer times. This is the correct view, because the correct view is that tayammum removes the state of ritual impurity, and it is a substitute for water. So he does with it exactly what he does with water. As for wiping, it has no connection to tayammum; this is merely a known fact.