Ruling on praying in shoes and leather socks
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Question:
He asks and says: I have heard people say that it is permissible to pray in shoes. Is this correct?
Answer:
Yes, it is authentic from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he prayed in his sandals, and he also used to pray in his leather socks, wiping over them, and praying in them for a day and a night—(peace and blessings be upon him)—and for three days and their nights when traveling. The leather socks are like the sandals.
And he used to pray in his sandals—(peace and blessings be upon him)—: In some prayers, he prayed while there was filth in his sandals that he did not know about, so Jibril came to him and informed him of it; he took off his sandals and continued his prayer, and the people took off their sandals when he took off his sandals. When he finished the prayer, he asked them, saying: They said: We saw you, O Messenger of Allah, take off your sandals; so we took off our sandals. He said: And in another wording: .
This indicates that there is no harm in praying in them, but after taking care of them before the mosque, taking care of them before entering the mosque, and looking to see if there is any harm in them, removing it, and cleaning and purifying them with dust, then he prays in them, and there is no harm in that.
But in these times when people have come to carpet the mosques with carpets that one fears will be soiled by the sandals, if he places them at the door of the mosque so as not to soil the carpet, this is better—(if Allah wills)—to ward off the harm; because many people, or most of them, may not look at their sandals, and may not take care of them, so he should be cautious in this, and place them outside the carpet, and pray with his feet bare, except if he is wearing leather socks and has wiped over them, then he prays in them, but he takes care of them before entering the mosque, meaning if he has wiped over them, if he takes them off his purity is invalidated; so he does not take them off, he prays in them, but before that he takes care of them when entering the mosque, so that there is no harm in them that soils the carpet, no dust or mud, or anything else that is harmful, that soils, he takes care of that, as for the sandals, it is possible to take them off, and it is easy to take them off, and if he cleans them and prays in them; then there is no harm. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
He asks and says: I have heard people say that it is permissible to pray in shoes. Is this correct?
Answer:
Yes, it is authentic from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he prayed in his sandals, and he also used to pray in his leather socks, wiping over them, and praying in them for a day and a night—(peace and blessings be upon him)—and for three days and their nights when traveling. The leather socks are like the sandals.
And he used to pray in his sandals—(peace and blessings be upon him)—: In some prayers, he prayed while there was filth in his sandals that he did not know about, so Jibril came to him and informed him of it; he took off his sandals and continued his prayer, and the people took off their sandals when he took off his sandals. When he finished the prayer, he asked them, saying:
Why did you take off your sandals?
لماذا خلعتم نعالكم؟Jibril came to me and informed me that there was filth in them, so when one of you comes to the mosque; let him look at his sandals
إن جبريل أتاني فأخبرني أن بهما قذرًا، فإذا أتى أحدكم المسجد؛ فلينظر في نعليهLet him turn over his sandals, and if he sees filth in them, let him wipe it off, then let him pray in them
فليقلب نعليه، فإن رأى فيهما قذرًا فيمسحه، ثم ليصل فيهماThis indicates that there is no harm in praying in them, but after taking care of them before the mosque, taking care of them before entering the mosque, and looking to see if there is any harm in them, removing it, and cleaning and purifying them with dust, then he prays in them, and there is no harm in that.
But in these times when people have come to carpet the mosques with carpets that one fears will be soiled by the sandals, if he places them at the door of the mosque so as not to soil the carpet, this is better—(if Allah wills)—to ward off the harm; because many people, or most of them, may not look at their sandals, and may not take care of them, so he should be cautious in this, and place them outside the carpet, and pray with his feet bare, except if he is wearing leather socks and has wiped over them, then he prays in them, but he takes care of them before entering the mosque, meaning if he has wiped over them, if he takes them off his purity is invalidated; so he does not take them off, he prays in them, but before that he takes care of them when entering the mosque, so that there is no harm in them that soils the carpet, no dust or mud, or anything else that is harmful, that soils, he takes care of that, as for the sandals, it is possible to take them off, and it is easy to take them off, and if he cleans them and prays in them; then there is no harm. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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