Is wiping over a torn sock permissible during ablution?
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The questioner : Is wiping over a torn sock permissible during ablution?
The Shaykh : The stronger view is that it is permissible to wipe over a sock with holes and over a thin, light sock through which the skin is visible, because there is no evidence requiring that it be free of holes or tears, or that it not be thin. If this were a condition, it would have been mentioned in the Book and the Sunnah. The basis for the permissibility of wiping over socks and leather socks is to make things easy for the Muslim community. If we impose conditions for which there is no evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the ease becomes a burden.
Therefore, the correct view is that wiping over socks is permissible as long as they retain the name of socks, whether they are thin or thick, holed or intact. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you and bless you.
The Shaykh : And it is known that the duration of wiping.
The questioner : Please go ahead.
The Shaykh : For a resident, it is three days and their nights, on the condition that he puts them on while in a state of ritual purity and that he does not enter a state of major ritual impurity. If he puts them on while not in a state of ritual purity, wiping is not permissible. If he enters a state of major ritual impurity, he must remove them and wash his feet.
As for the traveler, the duration for him is three days, and the criterion is time, not prayers. As for what is common among the general public that the duration is five prayers, that is incorrect. The Sunnah only specifies one day and night for the resident and three days for the traveler. The duration begins from the first time one wipes after a state of ritual impurity. For example, if a man puts on socks when he performs ablution for the Fajr prayer on a Sunday and remains in a state of ritual purity all day, and wipes for the first time for the Fajr prayer on Monday, the duration begins from the wiping on Monday, because what comes before the wiping is not considered part of the duration and is not counted in the duration. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you and bless you. The female questioner from Makkah al-Mukarramah says.
The Shaykh : The stronger view is that it is permissible to wipe over a sock with holes and over a thin, light sock through which the skin is visible, because there is no evidence requiring that it be free of holes or tears, or that it not be thin. If this were a condition, it would have been mentioned in the Book and the Sunnah. The basis for the permissibility of wiping over socks and leather socks is to make things easy for the Muslim community. If we impose conditions for which there is no evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the ease becomes a burden.
Therefore, the correct view is that wiping over socks is permissible as long as they retain the name of socks, whether they are thin or thick, holed or intact. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you and bless you.
The Shaykh : And it is known that the duration of wiping.
The questioner : Please go ahead.
The Shaykh : For a resident, it is three days and their nights, on the condition that he puts them on while in a state of ritual purity and that he does not enter a state of major ritual impurity. If he puts them on while not in a state of ritual purity, wiping is not permissible. If he enters a state of major ritual impurity, he must remove them and wash his feet.
As for the traveler, the duration for him is three days, and the criterion is time, not prayers. As for what is common among the general public that the duration is five prayers, that is incorrect. The Sunnah only specifies one day and night for the resident and three days for the traveler. The duration begins from the first time one wipes after a state of ritual impurity. For example, if a man puts on socks when he performs ablution for the Fajr prayer on a Sunday and remains in a state of ritual purity all day, and wipes for the first time for the Fajr prayer on Monday, the duration begins from the wiping on Monday, because what comes before the wiping is not considered part of the duration and is not counted in the duration. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you and bless you. The female questioner from Makkah al-Mukarramah says.