Is it permissible for a woman to wipe over thin socks?
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The Shaykh : This sock... the woman for whom it is permissible not to wear it.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... whether she wore the sock or not... it is permissible for her to wear it and it is permissible for her to take it off, but if it is in the house, the wife's sister, is it permissible... is it permissible for her to wipe over it? I do not think wiping over the sock is... only this is imagination. If there is a son of the wife, an adult son, and this wife, meaning the mother, is wearing the sock and what is above the foot is exposed... as if she were not wearing a sock, is it permissible for that? Let us be practical, not just theoretical. We say... this returns to us exposing your character and answering you, but we want to be more practical than theoretical. I say that it is permissible to wipe over the thin sock, even if it is thinner than the Jews' dinar.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : ... whether she wore the sock or not... it is permissible for her to wear it and it is permissible for her to take it off, but if it is in the house, the wife's sister, is it permissible... is it permissible for her to wipe over it? I do not think wiping over the sock is... only this is imagination. If there is a son of the wife, an adult son, and this wife, meaning the mother, is wearing the sock and what is above the foot is exposed... as if she were not wearing a sock, is it permissible for that? Let us be practical, not just theoretical. We say... this returns to us exposing your character and answering you, but we want to be more practical than theoretical. I say that it is permissible to wipe over the thin sock, even if it is thinner than the Jews' dinar.
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