Questions on wiping over the leather socks.

The Shaykh : And here are some questions.
First: If one begins wiping while resident and then travels, does he complete the wiping as a resident or as a traveler? Do you understand, or should I repeat the question? If one begins wiping while resident and then travels, does he complete the wiping as a traveler or as a resident? As a traveler, according to the stronger opinion. Now, if one begins wiping as a traveler and then becomes resident, what does he complete? The wiping of a resident. If the time period has ended, he must wash his feet. For example, if he wipes while traveling for two days and arrives on the third day before the time period is complete, what do we tell him? We say, "That is it, the time period has now ended. You must perform wudu and remove the socks or leather socks because the time period has ended."
And the rule, so that it is not confused for you, is: "If one begins wiping while resident and then travels, he completes the wiping of a traveler. If he begins wiping while traveling and then becomes resident, he completes the wiping of a resident." If the period has ended, the wiping ends, and he must remove them.
The second question: If the time period ends and you are in a state of purity, does your purity become invalid or not? No, it does not become invalid as long as you have not broken it, so your purity remains. The reason for its remaining is that we say: Did this man who wiped complete his wudu according to the evidence of the Shari'ah? Did a man who wiped before the time period was complete complete his wudu according to the evidence of the Shari'ah? Yes, without a doubt. If the time period has ended, it is not possible for us to invalidate this wudu, which was completed according to the evidence of the Shari'ah, except with what? Except with evidence from the Shari'ah. And we have no evidence from the Shari'ah indicating that a person's wudu becomes invalid when the time period for his wiping ends. Rather, the evidence from the Shari'ah indicates that when a person's time period for wiping ends, he is only prohibited from wiping. Because the Shari'ah did not specify the purity, but rather specified the wiping. And I, after the time period ends, say, "We hear and obey, I will not wipe." But where is the evidence that the purity becomes invalid? There is no evidence. Good.
The third question: A man, after wiping over the socks or leather socks, sees that the weather is hot, so he removes the socks. Does his wudu become invalid or not?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Brothers, he removed the thing that was wiped over; he removed it, it does not become invalid. Yes, the correct view is that it does not become invalid. Our evidence that it does not become invalid is that we say: When this man wiped, his purity was completed by what? By the evidence of the Shari'ah. So it is not possible to invalidate it except with evidence from the Shari'ah. And there is no evidence from the Shari'ah that a person's wudu becomes invalid if he removes the socks or leather socks. There is no evidence. If they say that the limb upon which the purity was performed has been removed, we say this does not harm. Does not the man perform wudu and wipe over his head, which has much hair, and then shave his head before he prays? Does his wudu become invalid? The answer is, it does not become invalid, even though the thing that was wiped over, to which the purity was attached, has been removed. And the statement that wiping the head is original and wiping the foot is a substitute is not effective, because both wipes are a Shari'ah purity established by the Shari'ah, so it is not possible for their implication to be removed except by clear evidence from the Shari'ah. Clear, brothers. Good.
The fourth question: Is it permissible for a person who wipes to be the imam for those who do not wipe? Yes, it is permissible. Just as it is permissible for the imam who performed tayammum to be the imam for the one who performed wudu, and there is nothing wrong with this.
The fifth question: Is it better to wipe over the leather socks or to wash the feet? In other words, if a person has leather socks or socks, do we say it is better to remove them and wash the feet, or is it better to wipe and not remove them? The second or the first? The second. It is better to wipe and not remove them, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to al-Mughirah when he wanted to remove his leather socks: .
Now, the sixth question: Is it permissible for a person to wipe over socks in the days of summer? I mean, in the heat, is it permissible?
The student: It is permissible.

The Shaykh : It is permissible, because there is no restriction in the Sunnah limiting this to the days of cold. And when the Sunnah comes in an absolute form, it is not permissible for us to restrict it with anything, because the Shari'ah is received from the Book and the Sunnah. And it is not in the Qur'an or the Sunnah that one does not wipe over socks or leather socks except in the season of winter.
The seventh question: If there are tears in the socks, does he wipe over them? There are tears, brothers. The nails are showing, all the nails are showing, the heels are showing. Is it allowed or not? Yes, some scholars say he does not wipe. They say the tear, which is the lining of the stitching, if it is in the socks or in the leather socks, he does not wipe over them. Wiping is not permissible. But this opinion is weak. And the correct view is that as long as its name remains, meaning as long as it is called socks and covers most of the foot, wiping is permissible over it, even if there are tears in the toes, the heels, the middle of the foot, or the back of the foot. All of that is permissible.
Now, if a person has thin socks or transparent socks, where the skin is visible through them. The thin ones, meaning those with thin tears, and the second type, which is of a material like plastic, for example, transparent, but it has no air. A person took for his foot socks made of plastic, a foot bag, you see it completely, but it has no tears and water does not pass through it. Is it permissible to wipe over them or not? Yes, it is permissible to wipe over these and the ones before them, the thin ones and the transparent ones. And that is because there is no evidence requiring that they be thick or that they be covering. There is no evidence. And if there is no evidence, it is obligatory for us to keep what Allah and His Messenger kept absolute, because if we added one condition, we would have restricted the affairs of Allah's servants. Which is wider for people, the absolute thing or the restricted thing? The absolute. So if we add a condition that is not in the Book of Allah or the Sunnah of His Messenger, this necessitates that we restrict the affairs of Allah's servants. And the Shari'ah is not for us, but for whom? For Allah and His Messenger. What evidence indicates that it is necessary to cover the foot and that the lining of the stitching has an effect? There is no evidence. Rather, the cause, and knowledge is with Allah, the cause is the difficulty of removal. And the difficulty of removal is present with the thin sock and the heavy sock, both have the difficulty of removal. For this reason, the Sunnah came with the permissibility of wiping over the sandals, and the sandals in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were not like our sandals. They were sandals that are difficult to remove except with the help of hands or feet. So this indicates that the cause is not covering. What is the cause? What is the cause, brothers?
The student: The difficulty of removal.

The Shaykh : The difficulty of removal, and this is present in thin socks and heavy socks, all the same. Clear. Good.
What is the eighth or ninth question? No harm, the disagreement is one: Does one wipe over the top of the socks or the bottom or all of them? Over the top. Wipe over the top, from the tips of the toes to the shin, and that is sufficient for you. And the method of wiping is that you wet the hand and pass it over like this, here like this, meaning on the back of the hand with the fingers spread. And in whatever manner you wipe, there is no harm. I mean the foot, do not wipe, wet the hand and then pass it over the foot like this. No, I am demonstrating as if my left hand is the foot, like this with the fingers spread. And in whatever manner you wipe, it is permissible. But do you start with the right before the left, or with both? You have the choice. If you wipe both, meaning you wipe the right foot with the right hand and the left foot with the left hand, there is no harm, because al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) says, "He wiped over both," and he did not say he started with the right. And if you start with the right before the left, there is no harm either, because wiping is a substitute for washing, and in washing the right is advanced. So the matter is broad in this. If you wipe both, it is permissible. And if you wipe the right first and then the left second. But if a person says, "I am not able to wipe except with one hand, with which do I start?" Meaning a person, either his left hand is cut off or broken by a fracture or otherwise, the point is he says, "I am not able to wipe except with one hand, with which does he start?" With the right. Correct, yes, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) .
The tenth and final issue: If a person wipes over his socks, having wiped over both, and then it occurs to him to put on another pair of socks over the first pair while he is still in a state of ritual purity—meaning the cold has become severe and he wants to add a second pair to the first after wiping over the first, while he is currently in a state of ritual purity—is this permissible or not? It is permissible, and he wipes over the second, the last pair. But when does the time period begin? Does it start from the wiping over the first pair or from the wiping over the second pair? It starts from the wiping over the first pair. Accordingly, if he put on the second pair while in a state of ritual purity from the wiping over the first pair, and only four hours remain for him, then when the four hours from the wiping over the first pair are completed, the time period ends. Is that clear or not clear? Good.
And with this, this discussion on this topic, which is the topic of the hour, comes to an end. Now let us return to the questions, and we ask Allah to grant us success in what is right. Who is keeping track of the time for us, because the questions have a limited time? Who is keeping track of the time? Yes, this one has no limit. The first one has ended. Who finished? No, it does not contradict. Now, one hour, half an hour? There is no good in it. There is good in it. I... I say half an hour, and praise be to Allah.

The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
May Allah reward our Shaykh with the best reward. These are questions regarding the topic; we will start with them first, and then return to the many questions before me.