Ruling on the prayer of one who removes the shoe over which he wiped
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Question:
Your Eminence! I have noticed that some Muslims wipe over their shoes, for example, while wearing socks. When they enter the mosque, they remove the shoes, believing that the wiping in that manner is valid. Is it actually valid?
Answer:
This is what is valid.
The presenter: It is not valid!
The Shaykh: The wiping must be over the socks. If he wipes over the sandals while wearing the socks, and then removes the sandals, he must remove the socks, and the ablution is finished; the ablution is invalid. If he wipes over both, the ablution becomes invalid if he removes one of them. However, if he restricts the wiping to the socks, and then puts on the sandals or shoes, that does not harm him if he removes them; there is no problem. The ruling applies to the socks. If he removes the sandals or shoes that are over the socks, it does not harm him. But if he wipes over both, the ruling applies to both; if he removes one, he must remove the other, and the ablution is invalid.
And one point that requires attention: wiping over the top of the foot only; the top of the foot does not require wiping the heel or the bottom of the sock. Whenever one wipes over the top of his feet, that is sufficient. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wipe only over the top of the socks, over the top of the foot. So it is not obligatory to wipe the heel or the bottom; rather, the recommended practice is to wipe only the top, just as 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If the religion were based on opinion, the bottom of the sock would be more deserving of wiping than the top. And I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wiping over the top of his socks." So the conclusion is: this is the place of wiping, the top of the sock and the top of the stocking.
And here is another issue that may be obscure, which is the issue of a cast. If a person has a cast on his foot, or on his arm, or on his face due to a wound, he wipes over it. It has no specific time limit. As long as it is present, he wipes over it, even if the period is long until he heals from what is underneath and removes it. There is no limited limit for this except recovery. He wipes over the entire cast, even if it was placed while he was not in a state of ritual purity. For example, if he has a wound in his hand or leg while not in a state of ablution, and then the cast is placed on it, or the doctor places the cast on it, he wipes over it absolutely, according to the stronger position, even if it was placed while he was not in a state of ritual purity.
And so it is with the full ritual bath for major ritual impurity. If there is a bandage on his back, or on his side, or a cast, he passes water over it, and that is sufficient during the full ritual bath. There is no need to remove it. Rather, whenever he passes water over it, that is sufficient, until Allah grants him recovery. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you. You mentioned that if the cast is over minor ritual impurity, what about major ritual impurity, Shaykh Abdul Aziz?
The Shaykh: Just as mentioned before, even if it is major ritual impurity.
The presenter: And if it is major ritual impurity, is the ruling the same?
The Shaykh: Absolutely. He wipes over it in the ablution, and passes water over it in the full ritual bath.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Praise be to Allah!
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Your Eminence! I have noticed that some Muslims wipe over their shoes, for example, while wearing socks. When they enter the mosque, they remove the shoes, believing that the wiping in that manner is valid. Is it actually valid?
Answer:
This is what is valid.
The presenter: It is not valid!
The Shaykh: The wiping must be over the socks. If he wipes over the sandals while wearing the socks, and then removes the sandals, he must remove the socks, and the ablution is finished; the ablution is invalid. If he wipes over both, the ablution becomes invalid if he removes one of them. However, if he restricts the wiping to the socks, and then puts on the sandals or shoes, that does not harm him if he removes them; there is no problem. The ruling applies to the socks. If he removes the sandals or shoes that are over the socks, it does not harm him. But if he wipes over both, the ruling applies to both; if he removes one, he must remove the other, and the ablution is invalid.
And one point that requires attention: wiping over the top of the foot only; the top of the foot does not require wiping the heel or the bottom of the sock. Whenever one wipes over the top of his feet, that is sufficient. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wipe only over the top of the socks, over the top of the foot. So it is not obligatory to wipe the heel or the bottom; rather, the recommended practice is to wipe only the top, just as 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If the religion were based on opinion, the bottom of the sock would be more deserving of wiping than the top. And I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wiping over the top of his socks." So the conclusion is: this is the place of wiping, the top of the sock and the top of the stocking.
And here is another issue that may be obscure, which is the issue of a cast. If a person has a cast on his foot, or on his arm, or on his face due to a wound, he wipes over it. It has no specific time limit. As long as it is present, he wipes over it, even if the period is long until he heals from what is underneath and removes it. There is no limited limit for this except recovery. He wipes over the entire cast, even if it was placed while he was not in a state of ritual purity. For example, if he has a wound in his hand or leg while not in a state of ablution, and then the cast is placed on it, or the doctor places the cast on it, he wipes over it absolutely, according to the stronger position, even if it was placed while he was not in a state of ritual purity.
And so it is with the full ritual bath for major ritual impurity. If there is a bandage on his back, or on his side, or a cast, he passes water over it, and that is sufficient during the full ritual bath. There is no need to remove it. Rather, whenever he passes water over it, that is sufficient, until Allah grants him recovery. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you. You mentioned that if the cast is over minor ritual impurity, what about major ritual impurity, Shaykh Abdul Aziz?
The Shaykh: Just as mentioned before, even if it is major ritual impurity.
The presenter: And if it is major ritual impurity, is the ruling the same?
The Shaykh: Absolutely. He wipes over it in the ablution, and passes water over it in the full ritual bath.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Praise be to Allah!
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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