Torn socks: Is it permissible to wipe over them for wudu'?
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The Shaykh : Is it permissible to wipe over a torn sock that is mostly worn out for wudu'?
As long as the sock is a sock in language, it is permissible to wipe over it in the Shari'ah. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The evidence is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wipe over socks, as found in Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan al-Tirmidhi, and Musnad Imam Ahmad...
The questioner : ...in it, some of the socks...
The Shaykh : Everyone is narrating! No...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What is wrong with the socks?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is the answer... meaning, the one with the eyes intends... the answer does not differ from ours, but it seems the matter requires some clarification—Subhan alladhi yusabbih al-ra'd bi hamdihi wa al-mala'ikah min khifatih—whatever is a sock, it is permissible to wipe over it; whatever is a leather sock, it is permissible to wipe over it; and whatever is a sandal, it is permissible to wipe over it. This is a topic we discussed in some detail a few hours ago in Tiftnaz, and therefore you know that the soul does not feel inclined to re-research a matter that has passed only a few hours ago. However, we say briefly: It is established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to wipe over leather socks by mass transmission, and it is established that he used to wipe over socks and sandals in the authentic hadith. So whatever is a leather sock, a sock, or a sandal, it is permissible to wipe over it. And every condition or requirement placed for the permissibility of wiping over any of these three things, the original ruling for these conditions is that they are rejected by their proponents. They may be scholars exercising independent legal reasoning, so their reward is with Allah, but we... to come to a matter in which Allah has been lenient with the Muslims, and we restrict it and tighten it upon them with conditions for which there is no evidence from the Book or the Sunnah. For this reason, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 2521Sahih (Darussalam) So the one who comes to leather socks and places a condition that they must not be torn, or that so much of the foot of the wearer must not be visible, this is a condition. What is the evidence for this condition? If there is no evidence for it in the Book and the Sunnah—and it is indeed not present—then it is not permissible for the Muslim to restrict what Allah has made broad in His mercy, and in that case, he would be worse than that Bedouin who...
As long as the sock is a sock in language, it is permissible to wipe over it in the Shari'ah. Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The evidence is that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wipe over socks, as found in Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan al-Tirmidhi, and Musnad Imam Ahmad...
The questioner : ...in it, some of the socks...
The Shaykh : Everyone is narrating! No...
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What is wrong with the socks?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is the answer... meaning, the one with the eyes intends... the answer does not differ from ours, but it seems the matter requires some clarification—Subhan alladhi yusabbih al-ra'd bi hamdihi wa al-mala'ikah min khifatih—whatever is a sock, it is permissible to wipe over it; whatever is a leather sock, it is permissible to wipe over it; and whatever is a sandal, it is permissible to wipe over it. This is a topic we discussed in some detail a few hours ago in Tiftnaz, and therefore you know that the soul does not feel inclined to re-research a matter that has passed only a few hours ago. However, we say briefly: It is established from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to wipe over leather socks by mass transmission, and it is established that he used to wipe over socks and sandals in the authentic hadith. So whatever is a leather sock, a sock, or a sandal, it is permissible to wipe over it. And every condition or requirement placed for the permissibility of wiping over any of these three things, the original ruling for these conditions is that they are rejected by their proponents. They may be scholars exercising independent legal reasoning, so their reward is with Allah, but we... to come to a matter in which Allah has been lenient with the Muslims, and we restrict it and tighten it upon them with conditions for which there is no evidence from the Book or the Sunnah. For this reason, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: