How is wiping over the socks (sharab) performed, what is its duration, and does one wipe over them when getting up from sleep?
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The questioner : How is wiping over the sharab performed? Is it permissible to wipe over the sharab when getting up from sleep for prayer? What is the duration? Please guide us in light of this, may you be rewarded.
The Shaykh : The method of wiping over the sharab is for a person to wet his hands with water, then wipe from the tips of the fingers to the lower leg. He passes his hand once from the tips of the fingers to the lower leg. Then, if he wishes, he wipes the right one before the left, or if he wishes, he wipes both together, because the Sunnah in this matter is ambiguous, and the matter is broad in this regard.
One does not repeat the wiping, because the rule among the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) is that anything that is wiped over, it is not recommended to repeat wiping it, because its purification is a concession; therefore, it should be light in method and light in quantity.
The questioner : Wiping over the sharab when getting up from sleep for prayer, and what is the duration?
The Shaykh : As for wiping over the sharab when getting up from sleep, we say: As long as the duration remains, wipe until it ends.
The duration is one day and one night for a resident, and three days and their nights for a traveler. So if a resident wipes for the first time at twelve noon on Wednesday, he may wipe until just before twelve noon on Thursday, meaning twenty-four hours, whether he sleeps or not. If the duration completes while he is in a state of purity, he remains in his purity until it is broken, but he does not wipe after the duration is complete. Rather, if he wants to perform wudu, he must remove the socks and perform a complete wudu by washing the feet.
The Shaykh : The method of wiping over the sharab is for a person to wet his hands with water, then wipe from the tips of the fingers to the lower leg. He passes his hand once from the tips of the fingers to the lower leg. Then, if he wishes, he wipes the right one before the left, or if he wishes, he wipes both together, because the Sunnah in this matter is ambiguous, and the matter is broad in this regard.
One does not repeat the wiping, because the rule among the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) is that anything that is wiped over, it is not recommended to repeat wiping it, because its purification is a concession; therefore, it should be light in method and light in quantity.
The questioner : Wiping over the sharab when getting up from sleep for prayer, and what is the duration?
The Shaykh : As for wiping over the sharab when getting up from sleep, we say: As long as the duration remains, wipe until it ends.
The duration is one day and one night for a resident, and three days and their nights for a traveler. So if a resident wipes for the first time at twelve noon on Wednesday, he may wipe until just before twelve noon on Thursday, meaning twenty-four hours, whether he sleeps or not. If the duration completes while he is in a state of purity, he remains in his purity until it is broken, but he does not wipe after the duration is complete. Rather, if he wants to perform wudu, he must remove the socks and perform a complete wudu by washing the feet.