The ruling on the intention for wearing socks and wiping over them

Question:
A message was sent from Dammam by the listener (F. H. Sh.), containing several questions. In one of them, he asks: Is intention required for wiping over the socks? That is, if I wear them while in a state of ritual purity, and the time for the midday prayer arrives, and I did not intend to wipe over them, is the prayer valid if I wipe over them, or is it necessary for the intention to be present before wiping?

Answer:
There is no need for that; intention is not required. If you wear them while in a state of ritual purity, it is permissible for you to wipe over them, even if you did not intend at the time of wearing them that you would wipe over them. The important thing is that you wore them while in a state of ritual purity. You may wipe over them until the time limit expires, which is one day and one night for a resident, and three days and their nights for a traveler, after the state of ritual impurity. That is, after... from the first wipe after the state of ritual impurity. And there is no... Intention is not required in this matter that you intend to wipe over them beforehand; it is not required, and there is no evidence for it. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.