Chapter on Wiping over Leather Socks
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The Shaykh : The author said: "Chapter on Wiping over Leather Socks":
Wiping over leather socks is related to ritual purity, specifically concerning one of its members, which are the feet. Its permissibility is established by the Book, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the Salaf. The only ones who disagreed on this were the Rafidah, but their opinion is not considered in matters of consensus and scholarly disagreement.
As for its indication from the Qur'an, it is in the statement of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:[Al-Ma'idah 5:6] according to the reading of the genitive case, because the verse, according to the reading of the genitive case, makes the phrase: one of the things to be wiped, [meaning] with your heads, meaning and with your feet.
And according to the reading of the accusative case, it makes them one of the things to be washed. So is a person given the choice between wiping over the exposed foot or washing it?
The Sunnah rejects that, because not a single word has been reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he wiped over his foot while it was exposed. Therefore, we return to the action of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in applying the verse with both its readings according to what he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. If we do that, we find that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wipe his feet when he had leather socks on them, and wash them when they were exposed.
As for the Sunnah, it is mass-transmitted in this matter. We recited for you earlier two verses on this topic. Who remembers them? Yes?
The student: "Among the mass-transmitted reports is the hadith of the liar".
The Shaykh :"Among the mass-transmitted reports is the hadith of the liar *** And whoever builds a house for Allah and seeks reward".
The student: "And seeing the intercession and the Pond *** And wiping over leather socks, and this is a part".
The Shaykh :"And seeing the intercession and the Pond *** And wiping over leather socks, and this is a part".
So the Sunnah is mass-transmitted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the permissibility of wiping over leather socks, and that it is prescribed, and that if a person is wearing them, wiping them is better than removing them and washing.
As for the consensus of the Salaf, it is known, to the extent that some scholars classified this as part of the creed and placed it in the section on creed, but it is necessary that there be conditions.
Wiping over leather socks is related to ritual purity, specifically concerning one of its members, which are the feet. Its permissibility is established by the Book, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the Salaf. The only ones who disagreed on this were the Rafidah, but their opinion is not considered in matters of consensus and scholarly disagreement.
As for its indication from the Qur'an, it is in the statement of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles
يأيها الذين آمنوا إذا قمتم إلى الصلاة فاغسلوا وجوهكم وأيديكم إلى المرافق وامسحوا برؤوسكم وأرجلِكم إلى الكعبينand your feet
وأرجلَكمAnd according to the reading of the accusative case, it makes them one of the things to be washed. So is a person given the choice between wiping over the exposed foot or washing it?
The Sunnah rejects that, because not a single word has been reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he wiped over his foot while it was exposed. Therefore, we return to the action of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in applying the verse with both its readings according to what he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do. If we do that, we find that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wipe his feet when he had leather socks on them, and wash them when they were exposed.
As for the Sunnah, it is mass-transmitted in this matter. We recited for you earlier two verses on this topic. Who remembers them? Yes?
The student: "Among the mass-transmitted reports is the hadith of the liar".
The Shaykh :"Among the mass-transmitted reports is the hadith of the liar *** And whoever builds a house for Allah and seeks reward".
The student: "And seeing the intercession and the Pond *** And wiping over leather socks, and this is a part".
The Shaykh :"And seeing the intercession and the Pond *** And wiping over leather socks, and this is a part".
So the Sunnah is mass-transmitted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the permissibility of wiping over leather socks, and that it is prescribed, and that if a person is wearing them, wiping them is better than removing them and washing.
As for the consensus of the Salaf, it is known, to the extent that some scholars classified this as part of the creed and placed it in the section on creed, but it is necessary that there be conditions.