Also, he asks how the wiping over the socks is performed: do we start by wiping the right foot, then the left, or do we wipe both of them together with both hands? There is no harm in that.
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The questioner : Also, he asks how the wiping over the socks is performed: do we start by wiping the right foot, then the left, or do we wipe both of them together with both hands? There is no harm in that, considering that this is the practice of the people on this day.
The Shaykh : Some scholars hold that wiping over the leather socks is like wiping over the ears: one wipes them once, meaning both together, without giving precedence to the right over the left; he wipes the right foot with his right hand and the left foot with his left hand.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Just as he wipes the ears, he wipes them in one go.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The stronger view in my opinion is that one wipes the right foot before the left, because wiping the feet takes the place of washing them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : They are two limbs, each independent of the other. If the wiping is a substitute for the washing, and it is prescribed in the washing to give precedence to the right over the left, then the substitute has the ruling of the thing it substitutes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not valid to analogize them to the ears, because the ears are part of the head and constitute a single limb. Just as a man, when he wipes over his head, passes his hands over it and wipes the right and left sides of the head in one go, so too the wiping over the ears is done in one go because they are part of the head. As for the feet, they are two limbs, each independent of the other.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Thus, each limb has its own ruling, andBulugh al-Maram 44.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Also, many people say that they do not perform the ordinances of Islam. No.
The Shaykh : Some scholars hold that wiping over the leather socks is like wiping over the ears: one wipes them once, meaning both together, without giving precedence to the right over the left; he wipes the right foot with his right hand and the left foot with his left hand.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Just as he wipes the ears, he wipes them in one go.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The stronger view in my opinion is that one wipes the right foot before the left, because wiping the feet takes the place of washing them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : They are two limbs, each independent of the other. If the wiping is a substitute for the washing, and it is prescribed in the washing to give precedence to the right over the left, then the substitute has the ruling of the thing it substitutes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not valid to analogize them to the ears, because the ears are part of the head and constitute a single limb. Just as a man, when he wipes over his head, passes his hands over it and wipes the right and left sides of the head in one go, so too the wiping over the ears is done in one go because they are part of the head. As for the feet, they are two limbs, each independent of the other.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Thus, each limb has its own ruling, and
Allah’s Messenger (rad) loved to begin with the right while putting on his shoes, combing his hair, in his purification and in all his affairs
كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يعجبه التيامن في تنعله وترجله وطهوره وفي شأنه كلهThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Also, many people say that they do not perform the ordinances of Islam. No.