Rulings on Wiping Over Socks
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this person asks you to speak about the rulings that apply to wearing socks on cold days, and how one is rewarded when performing wudu' (ablution) while wearing them?
Answer:
Yes. If one wears thick socks that cover the feet while in a state of ritual purity, having put them on while in a state of ritual purity, then he wipes over them for one day and one night if he is a resident, or for three days and their nights if he is traveling, and they take the ruling of leather socks (khuffayn). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this person asks you to speak about the rulings that apply to wearing socks on cold days, and how one is rewarded when performing wudu' (ablution) while wearing them?
Answer:
Yes. If one wears thick socks that cover the feet while in a state of ritual purity, having put them on while in a state of ritual purity, then he wipes over them for one day and one night if he is a resident, or for three days and their nights if he is traveling, and they take the ruling of leather socks (khuffayn). Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 01 فتاوى على الهواء - 12 01 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (47:50)
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