Wiping over Sock Coverings
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The questioner:
The presenter asked: Is it permissible to make thin, knitted socks, and what is the limit in Islam?
The Shaykh:
The answer will come; the discussion on wiping over socks will come. Wiping over socks, if they are covering, is a unique position of Imam Ahmad. Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) held that wiping over covering socks is permissible, while the other three Imams—Abu Hanifah, Malik, and al-Shafi'i—do not consider wiping over socks permissible, because the wiping that is known and famous was only reported regarding leather socks.
The discussion on this will come, if Allah wills. Wiping over socks is a unique position in the school of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), and he bases it on a sound proof that was stronger in his view, but it was not stronger in the view of the others.
The presenter asked: Is it permissible to make thin, knitted socks, and what is the limit in Islam?
The Shaykh:
The answer will come; the discussion on wiping over socks will come. Wiping over socks, if they are covering, is a unique position of Imam Ahmad. Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) held that wiping over covering socks is permissible, while the other three Imams—Abu Hanifah, Malik, and al-Shafi'i—do not consider wiping over socks permissible, because the wiping that is known and famous was only reported regarding leather socks.
The discussion on this will come, if Allah wills. Wiping over socks is a unique position in the school of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), and he bases it on a sound proof that was stronger in his view, but it was not stronger in the view of the others.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب المسح على الخفين — islamhouse.com (42:15)
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