Rulings on Wiping over Leather Socks
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah’s peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you. I hope you will speak to us about some of the rulings on wiping over leather socks, given the arrival of the winter season. May Allah keep you safe.
Answer:
Wiping over leather socks is a dispensation that Allah the Exalted granted to this community to make things easier for them. By leather socks, we mean what covers the feet from the ankles and below, providing complete coverage. If a person puts them on while in a state of ritual purity, meaning after performing a complete ablution, and then wears them, he wipes over them for one day and one night if he is a resident, and for three days and their nights if he is a traveler, as stated in the Prophetic traditions.
It is required that the leather socks be pure, not impure, and that there be no impurity on them. It is also required that they be thick enough to cover the feet beneath them, so they are not transparent or torn such that part of the foot is visible. This is because when the term “leather sock” is used in a general sense, it refers to an intact leather sock. However, if it has tears or holes, it is called a torn leather sock or a split leather sock. If the term is used in a general sense, it refers to an intact leather sock that completely covers the feet, because the dispensation for wiping over them was established for that purpose. It is a mercy from Allah, Mighty and Majestic, that He granted him the dispensation to wipe over them, as
May Allah reward you with good. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah’s peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you. I hope you will speak to us about some of the rulings on wiping over leather socks, given the arrival of the winter season. May Allah keep you safe.
Answer:
Wiping over leather socks is a dispensation that Allah the Exalted granted to this community to make things easier for them. By leather socks, we mean what covers the feet from the ankles and below, providing complete coverage. If a person puts them on while in a state of ritual purity, meaning after performing a complete ablution, and then wears them, he wipes over them for one day and one night if he is a resident, and for three days and their nights if he is a traveler, as stated in the Prophetic traditions.
It is required that the leather socks be pure, not impure, and that there be no impurity on them. It is also required that they be thick enough to cover the feet beneath them, so they are not transparent or torn such that part of the foot is visible. This is because when the term “leather sock” is used in a general sense, it refers to an intact leather sock. However, if it has tears or holes, it is called a torn leather sock or a split leather sock. If the term is used in a general sense, it refers to an intact leather sock that completely covers the feet, because the dispensation for wiping over them was established for that purpose. It is a mercy from Allah, Mighty and Majestic, that He granted him the dispensation to wipe over them, as
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