Discussion of the issue of the invalidation of wudu' by merely removing the leather socks over which wiping was performed.

The Shaykh : Some scholars mention two things to approximate this issue. The first is a well-known principle: the original state of legal rulings is the presumption of original permissibility. Therefore, nothing is obligatory upon the Muslim, and no act of worship is judged to be defective or invalid except by an explicit text from the Wise Lawgiver. Since there is no text in the Sunnah, let alone in the Noble Qur'an, that removing the socks over which one wiped invalidates the wudu', we remain with the original state, which is the presumption of original permissibility.
The second thing is a matter agreed upon by the scholars of the Muslims: if a man performs wudu' and wipes over his head, then shaves his hair, that shaving does not invalidate his wudu'. This is what happens to pilgrims and those performing 'Umrah, who circumambulate as pilgrims and 'Umrah performers, then recite the words of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: This shaving and that cutting of the hair does not invalidate their wudu'. Rather, the pilgrim or 'Umrah performer can proceed to pray immediately after shaving his head, even though he had wiped over his socks. And it is even more so if he was in a state of wudu' and then cut his fingernails; this cutting of his fingernails does not harm him by invalidating his wudu', but his wudu' remains valid and sound. This is the opinion that is stronger between the two previous opinions: one that the wudu' is invalidated, and the other that it is invalidated temporarily until he washes his feet. This is the correct opinion, if Allah wills. Yes.