Wearing the sock on the right foot before washing the left foot
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Question:
I put on the sock after washing the left foot, then I put it on, then I washed the right foot and put on the sock?
Answer:
Perhaps it was the other way around: he washed the right foot, then put on the sock, then washed the left foot, and put on the sock. This is the custom of people.
Completion of the question: So, does this not affect the perfection of my ritual purity, or does it?
Answer: Some scholars mentioned that if one washes the right foot, then puts on the leather sock or sock on it, then washes the left foot, and he put on the right one before the ritual purity was completed, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Therefore, some of them said: One does not wipe over this purity unless he takes off the right one, then puts it back on. If he takes off the right one after washing the left foot, then puts it on after that, so that the wearing of both is upon complete purity, this is from the category of good precaution.
If one puts on the sock, meaning, or the leather sock on the right foot, then washes the left foot, then puts on the leather sock on it after that; the most cautious course is to take off the right one, then put it back on, so that its wearing is after complete purity. If he does not do so, the correct view is that it suffices. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and a group of scholars chose this, and they said: The purity, when he put on the right one, was approaching, and he is in the status of those in a state of purity; because the purity connected and ended quickly with complete purity, so it is valid; because all that remained was washing the left foot.
So the purity now was approaching. If he puts on the right one before washing the left foot; the purity is approaching, and it ended in a legal manner immediately, and he completed it immediately, so it is valid, and there is no need to take off the right one, then put it on. But if he takes it off, then puts it on, so that he gets out of the disagreement, and so that the wearing of the right one is upon complete purity, that is good, and it is further from doubt, from suspicion, and from disagreement.
I put on the sock after washing the left foot, then I put it on, then I washed the right foot and put on the sock?
Answer:
Perhaps it was the other way around: he washed the right foot, then put on the sock, then washed the left foot, and put on the sock. This is the custom of people.
Completion of the question: So, does this not affect the perfection of my ritual purity, or does it?
Answer: Some scholars mentioned that if one washes the right foot, then puts on the leather sock or sock on it, then washes the left foot, and he put on the right one before the ritual purity was completed, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He put them on while in a state of purity
أدخلتهما طهارتينIf one puts on the sock, meaning, or the leather sock on the right foot, then washes the left foot, then puts on the leather sock on it after that; the most cautious course is to take off the right one, then put it back on, so that its wearing is after complete purity. If he does not do so, the correct view is that it suffices. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and a group of scholars chose this, and they said: The purity, when he put on the right one, was approaching, and he is in the status of those in a state of purity; because the purity connected and ended quickly with complete purity, so it is valid; because all that remained was washing the left foot.
So the purity now was approaching. If he puts on the right one before washing the left foot; the purity is approaching, and it ended in a legal manner immediately, and he completed it immediately, so it is valid, and there is no need to take off the right one, then put it on. But if he takes it off, then puts it on, so that he gets out of the disagreement, and so that the wearing of the right one is upon complete purity, that is good, and it is further from doubt, from suspicion, and from disagreement.
Source
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