Removing the Khuffayn or Socks After Wiping Over Them: Does It Invalidate the Wudu?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, if a person wears socks, then performs wudu, and then wears boots, and wipes over the boots...
The Shaykh : How did he wear the socks before performing wudu? You said he wore the socks and then performed wudu.
The questioner : After the wudu.
The Shaykh : So he performed wudu and then wore the socks.
The questioner : Then he wore the socks and the boots, and wiped over the boots. When he wanted to pray, he took off the boots. Does this invalidate the wudu or not?
The Shaykh : No, the wudu is not invalidated if a person removes the socks or boots that he wiped over. The wudu remains valid. However, I will give you a rule, and I hope Allah grants me success in being correct: If you remove what you wiped over, you cannot wipe over it again until you perform wudu and wash your feet. Did you understand this?
The questioner : Meaning, I remove the first one.
The Shaykh : Now you have wiped over the boots.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Then you removed them when you wanted to pray. If you want to perform wudu a second time, you must remove the socks. Because the rule now, keep it in mind: If a person removes the socks or boots that he wiped over, what happens? The wudu is not invalidated, but he cannot wear them again except in a state of purity. That is, he cannot wear them a second time until he performs wudu. Yes.
The Shaykh : How did he wear the socks before performing wudu? You said he wore the socks and then performed wudu.
The questioner : After the wudu.
The Shaykh : So he performed wudu and then wore the socks.
The questioner : Then he wore the socks and the boots, and wiped over the boots. When he wanted to pray, he took off the boots. Does this invalidate the wudu or not?
The Shaykh : No, the wudu is not invalidated if a person removes the socks or boots that he wiped over. The wudu remains valid. However, I will give you a rule, and I hope Allah grants me success in being correct: If you remove what you wiped over, you cannot wipe over it again until you perform wudu and wash your feet. Did you understand this?
The questioner : Meaning, I remove the first one.
The Shaykh : Now you have wiped over the boots.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Then you removed them when you wanted to pray. If you want to perform wudu a second time, you must remove the socks. Because the rule now, keep it in mind: If a person removes the socks or boots that he wiped over, what happens? The wudu is not invalidated, but he cannot wear them again except in a state of purity. That is, he cannot wear them a second time until he performs wudu. Yes.