Discussion on the ruling of wiping over socks that are not made of leather

The student: Although he authenticates the hadiths, he says that the sock is made of leather, not wool, nor ... And he said that the sheath of the sword is made of leather, and the sheath ... Also, the sheath is what you put your leg in, and it is made of leather, not ... .

The Shaykh: Does he say this based on a text or based on his own reasoning?
The student: ... It is just the language. I said to him: But the linguists said: It is not made of leather. He said: I did not find it, because what is the difference? The sheath is the sheath in which something is placed, for example, the sheath in which the sword is placed is made of leather, and this is where the foot is placed ... is it made of leather or not? It means it may be applied to something other than leather, so what is wiped over must be made of leather.

The Shaykh: ... Does he say this based on a text from the language or based on his own reasoning?
The student: It is apparent reasoning.

The Shaykh: In language, we say we are Salafi and do not accept reasoning; it must be a text, just as when a text comes in the Shari'ah from the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, reasoning is not accepted. Likewise, in language, it is not permissible to add to the linguistic language what is not in it. If we open any language dictionary ... This is first. Second: Does not Shaykh Ahmad know that it is established in the wiping that some of the Salaf wiped over a sock that was not made of leather, but rather made of wool?
The student: Yes, it is known that it is established from Anas. He says: This is the statement of a Companion, and it is not a proof. The proof is what Allah said and what the Messenger of Allah said. Yes.

The Shaykh: Now the research is linguistic. Now the research is linguistic, then we move to the Companion. That is, are the narrators who say that so-and-so from the Companions and others wiped over a sock made of wool the ones who are mistaken?The Shaykh : Is it Ahmad or those narrators?
The student: His intention is that the sock ...

The Shaykh: Do not repeat.
The student: No, our Shaykh, this point. I asked him about the interpretation, and he ... and that it is Arabic, and so on. He said: The sock is made of wool, but what is wiped over must be made of leather. So we agree with Anas that the term "sock" is applied to something made of wool.

The Shaykh: This is contrary to what I quoted from him. This is contrary to what I quoted from him. I told you the research now is linguistic, not religious ... .
The student : ... .

The Shaykh: Okay, then why are you saying he says this? If it is established that the word "sock" in language is broader than what Shaykh Ahmad holds, his statement is refuted, because religious rulings are taken from texts ... So if they say the sock is assumed to be made of leather, then it is established that every narrator who says he saw so-and-so wiping over a sock made of wool is mistaken. But I said in "Majmu' by Imam al-Nawawi" meaning made of leather? Thin. I ask you.
The student: The report, my Shaykh, that you mentioned, I do not know now whether you are mentioning it or al-Qasimi in his thesis "Wiping over Socks" or torn.

The Shaykh: The report of al-Hasan al-Basri .
The student: Then, my Shaykh, the thick socks.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: Are the thick socks that they wiped over not made of leather?

The Shaykh: Yes, the thick socks, I do not know ... what is the narration that they were wiping over.
The student: "They complained to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of the cold in a military expedition they had gone on, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted them to wipe over the headwraps and the thick socks."

The Shaykh : ... .