Is wiping over the socks done with both hands on both legs, or with one hand on both legs? And is the wiping repeated three times, or not?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, the reports from you regarding the manner of wiping over the socks have differed for me. Is it with both hands on both legs, or with one hand on the right leg and then the left leg? And is the sock wiped three times like the head, or only once?
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the first part of the question, we have already answered it. What did we say? We said: There is leeway in this matter. One may start with the right before the left, or wipe over both of them together in one pass.
As for the second part, which asks whether the wiping is repeated or not, we say: Whatever is wiped, there is no repetition in it. Whatever is wiped with the purification, there is no repetition. The head is not repeated; the head is wiped once, correct? Once. But it is wiped from front to back because the hair has a front and a back. The forehead slopes toward the face and the nape slopes toward the back. Therefore, it is from the Sunnah to go forward first like this, and then return, so that the wiping is on the tops of the hairs and the undersides of the hairs. And if one wipes it once, that is sufficient. So take this rule with you: "Whatever is wiped, it is not repeated". Because when the Shari'ah lightened the purification, which is wiping in place of washing, it lightened the number. How many times is a cast wiped? Once. A turban, a leather sock, once. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes. As for the first part of the question, we have already answered it. What did we say? We said: There is leeway in this matter. One may start with the right before the left, or wipe over both of them together in one pass.
As for the second part, which asks whether the wiping is repeated or not, we say: Whatever is wiped, there is no repetition in it. Whatever is wiped with the purification, there is no repetition. The head is not repeated; the head is wiped once, correct? Once. But it is wiped from front to back because the hair has a front and a back. The forehead slopes toward the face and the nape slopes toward the back. Therefore, it is from the Sunnah to go forward first like this, and then return, so that the wiping is on the tops of the hairs and the undersides of the hairs. And if one wipes it once, that is sufficient. So take this rule with you: "Whatever is wiped, it is not repeated". Because when the Shari'ah lightened the purification, which is wiping in place of washing, it lightened the number. How many times is a cast wiped? Once. A turban, a leather sock, once. Yes.