The Time for Calculating the Start and End of Wiping over Leather Socks
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The Shaykh:
Mm.
The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, to clarify the beginning.
The Shaykh:
of wiping over the leather socks, and the end of that. Is it from the first state of ritual impurity, or from the first beginning of the wiping?
If one wears two socks while in a state of ritual purity, he wipes over them for one day and one night if he is a resident, and for three days and three nights if he is a traveler. According to a group of scholars, the start is from the state of ritual impurity after wearing them; if he becomes ritually impure after wearing them, that is when it starts. However, the stronger view is that it starts from the wiping after the state of ritual impurity. If he wipes after becoming ritually impure, that is the beginning. This is the strongest of the opinions on this matter. So, if he wears them, for example, at Fajr while in a state of ritual purity, then becomes ritually impure at Duha, and then wipes over them at Dhuhr, the start is from Dhuhr. He continues to pray in them and wipe over them until Dhuhr. When the next Dhuhr comes, he removes them, performs ablution, and then wears them until the next Dhuhr. Likewise, if he wears them at Dhuhr while in a state of ritual purity, then becomes ritually impure after Dhuhr, and then wipes over them at Asr, the start is from Asr. He continues to perform ablution and wipe over them until Asr. When the next Asr comes, he does not remove them for that Asr, but performs ablution for the prayer, and then wears them. As for the traveler, it is three days and three nights. This period starts after he wipes over them. If he wipes over them, he continues wiping for seventy-two hours, three days and three nights, while he is wiping. This is if he finds water; he may leave them on even for many days. There is no obligation to remove them for dry ablution (tayammum). There is no wiping over the house. This is the correct view. Rather, this is if he finds water and is traveling; he may leave them on after three days of the period, perform ablution in the house, and then wipe again if he wishes. However, if he is on a long journey and has no water, he performs dry ablution (tayammum). If he finds water, there is no harm in leaving them on the house, even for weeks, as long as the journey continues, what
Mm.
The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, to clarify the beginning.
The Shaykh:
of wiping over the leather socks, and the end of that. Is it from the first state of ritual impurity, or from the first beginning of the wiping?
If one wears two socks while in a state of ritual purity, he wipes over them for one day and one night if he is a resident, and for three days and three nights if he is a traveler. According to a group of scholars, the start is from the state of ritual impurity after wearing them; if he becomes ritually impure after wearing them, that is when it starts. However, the stronger view is that it starts from the wiping after the state of ritual impurity. If he wipes after becoming ritually impure, that is the beginning. This is the strongest of the opinions on this matter. So, if he wears them, for example, at Fajr while in a state of ritual purity, then becomes ritually impure at Duha, and then wipes over them at Dhuhr, the start is from Dhuhr. He continues to pray in them and wipe over them until Dhuhr. When the next Dhuhr comes, he removes them, performs ablution, and then wears them until the next Dhuhr. Likewise, if he wears them at Dhuhr while in a state of ritual purity, then becomes ritually impure after Dhuhr, and then wipes over them at Asr, the start is from Asr. He continues to perform ablution and wipe over them until Asr. When the next Asr comes, he does not remove them for that Asr, but performs ablution for the prayer, and then wears them. As for the traveler, it is three days and three nights. This period starts after he wipes over them. If he wipes over them, he continues wiping for seventy-two hours, three days and three nights, while he is wiping. This is if he finds water; he may leave them on even for many days. There is no obligation to remove them for dry ablution (tayammum). There is no wiping over the house. This is the correct view. Rather, this is if he finds water and is traveling; he may leave them on after three days of the period, perform ablution in the house, and then wipe again if he wishes. However, if he is on a long journey and has no water, he performs dry ablution (tayammum). If he finds water, there is no harm in leaving them on the house, even for weeks, as long as the journey continues, what
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، وقت احتساب البداية والنهاية في المسح على الخفين - بن باز - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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