Explanation of the Book of Prayer-08

The Shaykh :" And from Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said:

When any of you comes to the mosque he should look and if he sees impurity on his sandals (shoes) he should wipe them and then pray in them.

إذا جاء أحدكم المسجد فلينظر ، فإن رأى في نعليه أذى أو قذراً فليمسحه وليصل فيهما

Bulugh al-Maram 2:82

. Abu Dawud narrated it, and Ibn Khuzaymah graded it as authentic.
And from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

If one of you steps on filth with his two leather socks then the earth is their purification.

إذا وطئ أحدكم الأذى بخفية فطَهورهما التراب

Bulugh al-Maram 2:83

" If someone were to say: 'And their purification is with dry earth,' is that correct or incorrect? Incorrect. Abu Dawud narrated it, and Ibn Hibban graded it as authentic. The saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): means let him enter it. means his sandals. The fa' is a connector for the answer, and the lam is the lam of command. 'Adha (dirt) is the clumpy stuff that is not ritually impure, such as clay and the like. Qadhr (impurity) is the ritually impure substance. This sticks a lot to the sandals, either as a lump of clay or a lump of impurity. He wipes what? He wipes what he sees of the dirt and impurity. The impurity is wiped with dry earth because the mosques in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were not carpeted, nor was the area around them. But he wipes it with dry earth, then the lam here indicates permissibility, meaning he is then allowed to pray in them because they are pure. The evidence that this is the intended meaning is the hadith of Abu Hurayrah: meaning he purifies them completely. The concept is understood now. All right.