If one wears a sock over a sock, is the purity of the second one a condition?
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The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : If one wears a sock over a sock, is the purity of the second one a condition?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. If you wear a sock over a sock and the second one is worn while in a state of ritual purity, there is no harm according to the stronger opinion. Some scholars hold that if you wipe over the first sock and it remains on, and you do not wear anything over it, that is fine; but if you wear something over it and you want to perform the ablution, you must remove the one you wore last and wipe the one underneath. However, the correct view is that if you wear the upper one while in a state of ritual purity, there is no harm, and you may continue to wipe over it. But the start of the time period is from the wiping over the first one. For example, if a person wears them on the morning of the Fajr prayer on Thursday—no, let me say, on the morning of Sunday—and continues with them until he wipes over them for the Maghrib prayer, and then the cold becomes severe and he wears another one over them while in a state of ritual purity, he may wipe until the dawn of the second day. Is that clear?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The sock has been wiped over...
The Shaykh : He will wear another sock.
The questioner : Yes, but the one before was wiped over.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no harm. This is what we said. We said this is the stronger opinion. Some scholars say: No, if you wipe over the first one, it remains. And the correct view is that it is permissible to wear the second one if you are in a state of ritual purity, but the start of its time period is from the wiping over the first one. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. If you wear a sock over a sock and the second one is worn while in a state of ritual purity, there is no harm according to the stronger opinion. Some scholars hold that if you wipe over the first sock and it remains on, and you do not wear anything over it, that is fine; but if you wear something over it and you want to perform the ablution, you must remove the one you wore last and wipe the one underneath. However, the correct view is that if you wear the upper one while in a state of ritual purity, there is no harm, and you may continue to wipe over it. But the start of the time period is from the wiping over the first one. For example, if a person wears them on the morning of the Fajr prayer on Thursday—no, let me say, on the morning of Sunday—and continues with them until he wipes over them for the Maghrib prayer, and then the cold becomes severe and he wears another one over them while in a state of ritual purity, he may wipe until the dawn of the second day. Is that clear?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : The sock has been wiped over...
The Shaykh : He will wear another sock.
The questioner : Yes, but the one before was wiped over.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no harm. This is what we said. We said this is the stronger opinion. Some scholars say: No, if you wipe over the first one, it remains. And the correct view is that it is permissible to wear the second one if you are in a state of ritual purity, but the start of its time period is from the wiping over the first one. Yes.