What is the ruling if a person who has performed ablution wipes over his socks, then removes them for an hour, puts them back on, and prays in them without performing ablution?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : I performed ablution yesterday, O Shaykh, for the Fajr prayer. After the prayer, I put on my socks and wiped over them for the Zuhr prayer, and I prayed 'Asr in them. After the 'Asr prayer, I took them off for about an hour, put them on again, and prayed Maghrib. When I finished the Maghrib prayer, I became uncertain and asked one of the brothers, and he said: You must repeat the Maghrib prayer. What is your opinion, Your Eminence?
The Shaykh : This is correct. If a person removes his socks after wiping over them, he cannot put them back on except after performing ablution. And you put them back on without ablution and wiped over them for Maghrib.
The questioner : I put them on because I was in a state of ablution and had not broken it?
The Shaykh : But you put them on during your first ablution, the one in which you wiped?
The questioner : Zuhr.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not permissible, because a person must put on his socks while in a state of purity in which his feet have been washed. So you must now repeat the Maghrib prayer. And if you also did not perform a complete ablution for the 'Isha' prayer, including washing your feet, then you must repeat both the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : I performed ablution yesterday, O Shaykh, for the Fajr prayer. After the prayer, I put on my socks and wiped over them for the Zuhr prayer, and I prayed 'Asr in them. After the 'Asr prayer, I took them off for about an hour, put them on again, and prayed Maghrib. When I finished the Maghrib prayer, I became uncertain and asked one of the brothers, and he said: You must repeat the Maghrib prayer. What is your opinion, Your Eminence?
The Shaykh : This is correct. If a person removes his socks after wiping over them, he cannot put them back on except after performing ablution. And you put them back on without ablution and wiped over them for Maghrib.
The questioner : I put them on because I was in a state of ablution and had not broken it?
The Shaykh : But you put them on during your first ablution, the one in which you wiped?
The questioner : Zuhr.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not permissible, because a person must put on his socks while in a state of purity in which his feet have been washed. So you must now repeat the Maghrib prayer. And if you also did not perform a complete ablution for the 'Isha' prayer, including washing your feet, then you must repeat both the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.