Wiping over socks
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Q: When performing wudu for prayer, I am sometimes wearing socks and I wipe over the socks with water, knowing that the socks are clean. Is this permissible?
A: It is prescribed for the Muslim to wipe over leather socks or wool socks if he wears them while in a state of ritual purity, and if they cover the feet along with the ankles; for one day and night if he is a resident, and for three days and their nights if he is a traveler. The period for wiping begins: from after the state of ritual impurity that occurs after wearing them. If he takes them off and washes his feet after washing his face and hands and wiping over the head and ears, there is no harm, but that is contrary to the Sunnah.
And success is from Allah.
A: It is prescribed for the Muslim to wipe over leather socks or wool socks if he wears them while in a state of ritual purity, and if they cover the feet along with the ankles; for one day and night if he is a resident, and for three days and their nights if he is a traveler. The period for wiping begins: from after the state of ritual impurity that occurs after wearing them. If he takes them off and washes his feet after washing his face and hands and wiping over the head and ears, there is no harm, but that is contrary to the Sunnah.
And success is from Allah.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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