Explanation of the Book of Ablution, the Full Ritual Bath, Menstruation, and Dry Ablution-06a
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The reciter: Asbagh ibn al-Faraj al-Misri narrated to us from Ibn Wahb, who said: Amr narrated to me, who said: Abu al-Nadr narrated to me from Abu Salama ibn Abd al-Rahman from Abdullah ibn Umar from Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan an-Nasa'i 121Sahih (Darussalam). Musnad Ahmad 88Sahih (Darussalam).
And Musa ibn Uqbah said: Abu al-Nadr informed me that Abu Salama informed him that Sa'd narrated to him, and Umar said to Abdullah the same.
The Shaykh : The hadiths regarding wiping over the leather socks have reached the level of mass transmission, as was said about it:
" From what was mass-transmitted, a hadith of one who lied *** and one who built a house for Allah and sought reward
And a vision is intercession, and the Pool, *** And wiping over the leather socks, and these are some of ".
Did the Noble Qur'an indicate this?
Answer: Yes, according to the correct opinion, and that is due to the difference in the two recitations[Al-Ma'idah 5:6] with the kasrah, for the correct view is that it is coordinated with "heads," and that it signifies that the feet are wiped. However, the Sunnah clarified that they are wiped in one state and washed in another; they are wiped over the leather socks and washed below the leather socks. And the Sunnah clarifies the Qur'an.
And on this basis, wiping over the leather socks is established by the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and the Companions agreed upon it, even if they may differ on some matters. But in principle, it is agreed upon, and no one contradicted it except the Rafidah, for they do not wipe over the leather socks or over the socks. For this reason, some of the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) placed this issue in the matters of creed, such as the author of the Tahawiyyah, for he made wiping over the leather socks part of the creed, because it became a symbol for the people of the Sunnah, and its absence a symbol for the Rafidah, so they included it in the creed, although in reality it is part of Islamic jurisprudence.
Then, wiping over the leather socks has conditions: some of the jurists increased these conditions and brought forth conditions that are not established in the Qur'an, nor in the Sunnah, nor in scholarly consensus.
And some of them said: We limit ourselves to what the Sunnah brought and do not add to these conditions that the Sunnah brought, because adding conditions necessitates narrowing the ruling, for the more conditions there are, the less the existence. And it is not permissible for us to restrict the ruling that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) made general until we narrow it upon the servants of Allah. And this method is the sound methodology: it is not permissible for a person to introduce conditions into what was brought in a general manner without evidence, because that necessitates narrowing what Allah has made broad. And the conditions will be clarified in the hadiths, if Allah wills.
And in the saying of Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "If Sa'd narrates to you something from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), do not ask anyone else about it", it is a vindication of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), and a proof of the acceptance of the report of a single narrator in religious matters.
It was narrated from Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wiped over the Khuffs.
أنه مسح على الخفين'Abdullah bin 'Umar asked 'Umar about that and he said: Yes, if Sa'd narrates some-thing to you from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), do not ask anyone else about it.
وأن ابن عبد الله بن عمر سأل عمر عن ذلك فقال : نعم إذا حدثك شيئا سعد عن النبي صلّى الله عليه وسلم فلا تسأل عنه غيرهAnd Musa ibn Uqbah said: Abu al-Nadr informed me that Abu Salama informed him that Sa'd narrated to him, and Umar said to Abdullah the same.
The Shaykh : The hadiths regarding wiping over the leather socks have reached the level of mass transmission, as was said about it:
" From what was mass-transmitted, a hadith of one who lied *** and one who built a house for Allah and sought reward
And a vision is intercession, and the Pool, *** And wiping over the leather socks, and these are some of ".
Did the Noble Qur'an indicate this?
Answer: Yes, according to the correct opinion, and that is due to the difference in the two recitations
wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet
فاغسلوا وجوهكم وأيديكم إلى المرافق وامسحوا برؤوسكم وأرجلِكمAnd on this basis, wiping over the leather socks is established by the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and the Companions agreed upon it, even if they may differ on some matters. But in principle, it is agreed upon, and no one contradicted it except the Rafidah, for they do not wipe over the leather socks or over the socks. For this reason, some of the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) placed this issue in the matters of creed, such as the author of the Tahawiyyah, for he made wiping over the leather socks part of the creed, because it became a symbol for the people of the Sunnah, and its absence a symbol for the Rafidah, so they included it in the creed, although in reality it is part of Islamic jurisprudence.
Then, wiping over the leather socks has conditions: some of the jurists increased these conditions and brought forth conditions that are not established in the Qur'an, nor in the Sunnah, nor in scholarly consensus.
And some of them said: We limit ourselves to what the Sunnah brought and do not add to these conditions that the Sunnah brought, because adding conditions necessitates narrowing the ruling, for the more conditions there are, the less the existence. And it is not permissible for us to restrict the ruling that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) made general until we narrow it upon the servants of Allah. And this method is the sound methodology: it is not permissible for a person to introduce conditions into what was brought in a general manner without evidence, because that necessitates narrowing what Allah has made broad. And the conditions will be clarified in the hadiths, if Allah wills.
And in the saying of Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): "If Sa'd narrates to you something from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), do not ask anyone else about it", it is a vindication of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), and a proof of the acceptance of the report of a single narrator in religious matters.