The Ruling on Wiping Over Socks and Its Conditions
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Question:
After this, a message from the listener Muhammad John Ali Abdullah. He says in his question: What is the ruling on wiping over socks if a person does not suffer any hardship by using water? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Wiping over the sock is permissible, just as wiping over the leather sock is permissible, provided that the sock is worn by a traveler, and it is assumed that it covers the leg up to the ankles and what is below them, and that it is thick enough that the color of the skin is not visible through it. In that case, wiping over it suffices in place of washing the two legs. It is also permissible to wipe over the leather socks. Wiping over the leather socks is a dispensation by which Allah has made things easy for this Ummah, because we consider the leather socks to be part of every valid ablution. So if a person puts them on while in a state of purity, or puts on the leather socks, or wears them while in a state of complete purity, it is permissible for him to wipe over them for a period of one day and one night if he is a resident, and three days if he is a traveler, starting from the first wipe, from the first wipe after a state of ritual impurity. This is the correct view, up to one day and night, or three days including their nights, and he travels. This is a dispensation from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and a relief for His servants. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
After this, a message from the listener Muhammad John Ali Abdullah. He says in his question: What is the ruling on wiping over socks if a person does not suffer any hardship by using water? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Wiping over the sock is permissible, just as wiping over the leather sock is permissible, provided that the sock is worn by a traveler, and it is assumed that it covers the leg up to the ankles and what is below them, and that it is thick enough that the color of the skin is not visible through it. In that case, wiping over it suffices in place of washing the two legs. It is also permissible to wipe over the leather socks. Wiping over the leather socks is a dispensation by which Allah has made things easy for this Ummah, because we consider the leather socks to be part of every valid ablution. So if a person puts them on while in a state of purity, or puts on the leather socks, or wears them while in a state of complete purity, it is permissible for him to wipe over them for a period of one day and one night if he is a resident, and three days if he is a traveler, starting from the first wipe, from the first wipe after a state of ritual impurity. This is the correct view, up to one day and night, or three days including their nights, and he travels. This is a dispensation from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and a relief for His servants. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 01/131 — archive.org (6:26)
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