If the leather socks are removed and then put back on before a state of ritual impurity occurs, is it permissible to wipe over them?

The questioner : Shaykh, if one removes the socks and then puts them back on the feet without having a state of ritual impurity, is it permissible to wipe over them the next day?

The Shaykh : If he did not wipe over them, there is nothing wrong with it.

The questioner : If he wipes over them.

The Shaykh : If he wipes over them, not if he does not wipe.

The questioner : It is necessary.

The Shaykh : He does not put them back on except after performing wudu. The rule with them is that once he wipes over the socks, if they are removed afterwards, he does not wipe over them again. But the point of disagreement is whether the state of purity is broken or not?

The questioner : But Shaykh, is the state of purity broken or not after the midday prayer?

The Shaykh : He is in a state of purity, correct, but what kind of purity? The purity of wiping.

The questioner : An employee.

The Shaykh : Yes, but the purity of wiping. Because if we adopted this view, and no one has adopted it, but if we assumed we adopted this view, it would follow that there would be no time limit. That is, everyone could say, "I will take them off and put them on while in a state of purity, and I will start the period anew."

The questioner : Shaykh, the period starts from the first mosque where he performed wudu.

The Shaykh : No one has adopted this view. If someone had adopted it, it would have had a valid aspect.

The questioner : But we did not say that, O Khaluq.

The Shaykh : We told you that no one else has said it.

The questioner : No, no.

The Shaykh : We said that the state of purity is not broken, and others have said so. But none of those who said that the state of purity is not broken said that it is permissible to put them back on and wipe over them. We are exhausted; we did not find anyone who held this view. However, it is a valid argument.

The questioner : Even if it were just a renewal.

The Shaykh : No, if it is a new instance, it means the first state of impurity was not lifted, meaning it was not broken, meaning it did not break. So there is no doubt. That is, even if we assume the man did not wipe, he took them off while in the first state of purity before wiping, and then put them back on, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.