What is the ruling from the Salaf concerning wiping over the socks?
Question:
"What is the ruling from the salaf concerning wiping over the socks?"
Answer:
The Shaykh hafidhahullaah, he said regarding the answer to this question concerning the wiping over the socks, certain affairs have to be taken into account.
The first is the time. For the person that is in his normal state and not travelling, he’s in his home, for him (the period of wiping) is one day and one night. That is 24 hours from the time of the hadath i.e. the time that his wudu’ was abrogated or nullified. As for the one that is travelling, three days and three nights, 72 hours.
The second affair is that the socks cover what they’re supposed to cover i.e. that they go above the ankles.
The third thing is that he is on tahaarah (ritual purification) before he wipes over his socks. He has tahaarah i.e. he has complete tahaarah of wudu’ and everything.
The fourth is that the socks are mubaah that they’re permissible to wear in the first place.
The fifth is that you can’t see the skin through the socks. Because some people they wipe over their socks that you can literally see the skin through it, and others have a lot of holes in them. And some people may even wipe over the shoe that does not go above the ankle and that is not permissible because it has to be over the ankle for you to be able to wipe over it. And you should be wiping over the socks because as soon as you take off your shoes then your wudu’ is nullified from the wudu’ (wiping) over the shoe. And these are the 5 conditions of wiping over the socks."
Shaykh 'Abdullah al-Ghudayyaan, may Allah have mercy upon him
Source: Questions and Answers Session, on the 4th June, 2005.
"What is the ruling from the salaf concerning wiping over the socks?"
Answer:
The Shaykh hafidhahullaah, he said regarding the answer to this question concerning the wiping over the socks, certain affairs have to be taken into account.
The first is the time. For the person that is in his normal state and not travelling, he’s in his home, for him (the period of wiping) is one day and one night. That is 24 hours from the time of the hadath i.e. the time that his wudu’ was abrogated or nullified. As for the one that is travelling, three days and three nights, 72 hours.
The second affair is that the socks cover what they’re supposed to cover i.e. that they go above the ankles.
The third thing is that he is on tahaarah (ritual purification) before he wipes over his socks. He has tahaarah i.e. he has complete tahaarah of wudu’ and everything.
The fourth is that the socks are mubaah that they’re permissible to wear in the first place.
The fifth is that you can’t see the skin through the socks. Because some people they wipe over their socks that you can literally see the skin through it, and others have a lot of holes in them. And some people may even wipe over the shoe that does not go above the ankle and that is not permissible because it has to be over the ankle for you to be able to wipe over it. And you should be wiping over the socks because as soon as you take off your shoes then your wudu’ is nullified from the wudu’ (wiping) over the shoe. And these are the 5 conditions of wiping over the socks."
Shaykh 'Abdullah al-Ghudayyaan, may Allah have mercy upon him
Source: Questions and Answers Session, on the 4th June, 2005.
