What is the Shari'ah description of socks, and do wool socks fall under the term "socks" such that wiping over them is permissible? We ask for clarification.
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The questioner : It is not permissible, even though he authenticates the hadiths, he says that the sock is made of leather, not wool or similar things. He said: From this, for example, one says: the sword sheath is made of leather, and the date sack, and also the sock, which is for the foot, is also made of leather, and not made of wool or others, as for...
The Shaykh : Is he saying this as a text or as an ijtihad?
The questioner : He says: This is the language. I said to him: But the linguists said that it is not made of leather. He said: We do not return to that, because what is the difference, meaning the sack, which is the sack that is a container, so since the sword sheath is for the sword, it is made of leather, and this is for the foot, so it is made of leather, and it does not mean that if it is carried, for example, on something other than leather, the thing wiped over must be made of leather.
The Shaykh : Be quiet a bit, we say: This is the text of the language, not his ijtihad?
The questioner: It is apparent reasoning.
The Shaykh : Yes, what is its value?! We say: The Salafi do not accept ijtihad, it is a text, meaning.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Just as if a text comes in the Shari'ah from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, it does not accept ijtihad, likewise the language, so the language is Salafi, it is not permissible to add to it what is not in it, so if we open any dictionary: sock, do we find this narrow restriction for the meaning of sock?! This is first, second: Does not Shaykh Ahmad know that it is established that some of the Salaf wiped over socks that were not made of leather, but of wool?!
The questioner : Yes, it is known that it is established from Anas.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The questioner : He says: This is the statement of a Companion, it is not a proof, the proof, he said: Allah said, the Messenger said.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength except with Allah.
The questioner : This is more difficult!!
The Shaykh : Now it is a linguistic research.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Now it is a linguistic research, then it turns into a legal one, meaning these narrators who transmitted that so-and-so from the Companions or others wiped over wool socks, who is the one who is wrong, Shaykh Ahmad or those narrators?!
The questioner : He is saying that the sock.
The Shaykh : No, be quiet, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : No, our Shaykh, in this point, I asked him about this, that is, the interpretation of Anas, for example, and he is early before the dictionaries and he is Arab and so on, he said: The sock is made of wool, but the thing wiped over must be made of leather, so we agree with Anas that the term sock is applied to wool.
The Shaykh : No, but this is contrary to what you mentioned earlier!
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is contrary to what you mentioned earlier, I told you: The research now is linguistic and not legal, and do you not understand me?!
The questioner : I understood you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, then why are you saying: He is saying this, if it is established that the sock in language is broader than what Shaykh Ahmad holds, his statement is invalid, because the legal rulings are taken from the Arabic texts, so if he says the sock is assumed to be leather, then it is established that every narrator who says that he saw so-and-so wiping over wool socks is wrong, rather we will say in the collection of Imam al-Nawawi: "That 'Umar ibn al-Khattab used to wipe over two thin socks," meaning made of leather?!
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Thin made of leather?! The conclusion: We ask Allah to teach us.
The questioner : What is it now, are you reminding him or al-Qasimi in his treatise: "Wiping over the Socks": "That the shoes of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah were nothing but torn or cut rags"?!
The Shaykh : This is the athar of al-Hasan al-Basri: "That the socks of the Ansar were nothing but torn."
The student: Then, my Shaykh, the thick socks.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The thick socks that they wiped over, they are not made of leather!
The Shaykh : Yes, this is correct, but I do not know if the phrase is accurate or not, what is the narration that they were wiping over the thick socks?
The questioner : "That they complained to the Prophet - may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him - of the cold in a military expedition they had gone on, so the Prophet - may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him - permitted them to wipe over the headbands and the thick socks."
The Shaykh : This is in "Sahih Abu Dawud".
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is he saying this as a text or as an ijtihad?
The questioner : He says: This is the language. I said to him: But the linguists said that it is not made of leather. He said: We do not return to that, because what is the difference, meaning the sack, which is the sack that is a container, so since the sword sheath is for the sword, it is made of leather, and this is for the foot, so it is made of leather, and it does not mean that if it is carried, for example, on something other than leather, the thing wiped over must be made of leather.
The Shaykh : Be quiet a bit, we say: This is the text of the language, not his ijtihad?
The questioner: It is apparent reasoning.
The Shaykh : Yes, what is its value?! We say: The Salafi do not accept ijtihad, it is a text, meaning.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Just as if a text comes in the Shari'ah from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, it does not accept ijtihad, likewise the language, so the language is Salafi, it is not permissible to add to it what is not in it, so if we open any dictionary: sock, do we find this narrow restriction for the meaning of sock?! This is first, second: Does not Shaykh Ahmad know that it is established that some of the Salaf wiped over socks that were not made of leather, but of wool?!
The questioner : Yes, it is known that it is established from Anas.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The questioner : He says: This is the statement of a Companion, it is not a proof, the proof, he said: Allah said, the Messenger said.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength except with Allah.
The questioner : This is more difficult!!
The Shaykh : Now it is a linguistic research.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Now it is a linguistic research, then it turns into a legal one, meaning these narrators who transmitted that so-and-so from the Companions or others wiped over wool socks, who is the one who is wrong, Shaykh Ahmad or those narrators?!
The questioner : He is saying that the sock.
The Shaykh : No, be quiet, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : No, our Shaykh, in this point, I asked him about this, that is, the interpretation of Anas, for example, and he is early before the dictionaries and he is Arab and so on, he said: The sock is made of wool, but the thing wiped over must be made of leather, so we agree with Anas that the term sock is applied to wool.
The Shaykh : No, but this is contrary to what you mentioned earlier!
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This is contrary to what you mentioned earlier, I told you: The research now is linguistic and not legal, and do you not understand me?!
The questioner : I understood you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, then why are you saying: He is saying this, if it is established that the sock in language is broader than what Shaykh Ahmad holds, his statement is invalid, because the legal rulings are taken from the Arabic texts, so if he says the sock is assumed to be leather, then it is established that every narrator who says that he saw so-and-so wiping over wool socks is wrong, rather we will say in the collection of Imam al-Nawawi: "That 'Umar ibn al-Khattab used to wipe over two thin socks," meaning made of leather?!
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : Thin made of leather?! The conclusion: We ask Allah to teach us.
The questioner : What is it now, are you reminding him or al-Qasimi in his treatise: "Wiping over the Socks": "That the shoes of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah were nothing but torn or cut rags"?!
The Shaykh : This is the athar of al-Hasan al-Basri: "That the socks of the Ansar were nothing but torn."
The student: Then, my Shaykh, the thick socks.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The thick socks that they wiped over, they are not made of leather!
The Shaykh : Yes, this is correct, but I do not know if the phrase is accurate or not, what is the narration that they were wiping over the thick socks?
The questioner : "That they complained to the Prophet - may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him - of the cold in a military expedition they had gone on, so the Prophet - may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him - permitted them to wipe over the headbands and the thick socks."
The Shaykh : This is in "Sahih Abu Dawud".
The questioner: Yes.
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