Question:
Assalamu Alaikum dear shaykh,
Bismillahirrahmanirraheem. Alhamdulillahi rabbil aalameen. Allahumma salli`ala sayyidina Muhammad.
Can we wipe over the socks during ablution? I normally take ablution in the morning before I put on the socks, then I wipe over it for the ablutions I perform later? I heard that it is valid for 24 hours. Please advice.
Jazakallah khair!
Answer:
`Alaykum as-Salam
The act you describe is valid in the Hanbali madhhab over what they call jawrab safeeq, i.e. dense socks. This means you need to know all the integrals and conditions of wudu‘ and salat according to that school: you should know, for example, that without beginning with intention, or without sniffing the water and swirling it in your mouth during wudu‘, or without keeping strict order of the acts of wudu‘, or without close continuity between those acts, wudu‘ becomes invalid; that it is wajib to begin by saying Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim; and that without a du`a of forgiveness between the two prostrations, salat becomes invalid. Etc. Otherwise, for precaution, you should wipe over waterproof socks (khuffs) only, which is accepted in all four madhahib.
(see also: “wiping over wig”).
Hajj Gibril
