“These are some of the jurisprudential rulings related to purity and wiping over the socks and socks, especially in extreme cold.”
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to God, and may blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of God. As for what follows:
These are some of the jurisprudential rulings related to purity and wiping over the socks and socks, especially in extreme cold:
1- Ablution must be performed thoroughly during severe cold, meaning: completing it and completing it.
2- It is not permissible to combine the two prayers due to the severity of the cold, except in the event of cold storms.
3- It is permissible to perform tayammum instead of ablution, if a person is harmed by the use of water and does not find anything to heat him with.
4- Prohibiting stammering during prayer. That is: covering the mouth and nose.
5- Permission to miss congregational prayers in the evening and dawn prayers due to the extreme cold, and some of the companions did that.
6- The muezzin, when there is rain, extreme cold, strong winds, falling snow, and the like, should say after saying: “Hail to the farmer,” or after finishing the call to prayer: “Pray in your places.”
7- The household should not sleep while the fire is burning inside the house, and the means of heating are measured accordingly.
8- Whoever does not find water, or is unable to use it due to distance, illness, or severe cold, and is unable to heat it, it is permissible for him to perform tayammum, and he does not have to repeat it.
Rulings related to wiping over socks:
1- Wiping over the socks is permissible instead of washing the feet during ablution.
2- For it to be permissible to wipe over socks, it is required that the socks be pure.
3- For it to be permissible to wipe over the socks, it is required that they be worn after complete purification.
4- Whoever performs ablution and washes his right foot, then puts on socks before washing his left foot, it is better for him not to wipe. Because he wore the sock on the right hand before completing his purification, and Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah chose that it was permissible.
5- What is required is to wipe the top of the slippers, and the method is: to wet his hands and then start from his fingers to the shin, and it is not Sunnah to wipe the bottom or heel.
6- Among the scholars are those who said: The Muslim begins by wiping the right foot before the left; Because wiping instead of washing, and washing it is recommended to take a nap; He has his ruling, and it was said: It appears that he, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, wiped them both, but it was not mentioned that he started with the right, and the matter is broad due to lack of evidence.
7- If a person is wearing socks, it is better for him to wipe.
8- The period of scanning for a resident is one day and one night, and for a traveler it is three days and nights.
9- The period of wiping begins from the first wiping after the event, according to the correct opinion.
10- If he wipes in the city for less than a day and one night, then travels, then his ruling will be the same as the traveler’s wiping, according to the correct opinion.
11- If he wiped while traveling and then returned to his country, if he wiped for a period of one day and one night, his period has expired, and if he wiped for less than a day and night, then he may complete the resident’s period of wiping for 24 hours.
12- Scholars differed regarding the ruling on wiping over leather shoes with holes in them. The correct view is that it is permissible as long as they are called leather shoes.
Because there is no evidence in the texts to stipulate that it should be safe from punctures, rather it is absolute, and it is unlikely that the shoes of the Companions were safe from punctures.
13- The scholars differed regarding wiping over light socks, but the correct opinion is that it is permissible. It is not intended to cover the skin, but rather to benefit the man.
14- If he wears slippers, then puts on another pair of shoes, before performing the prayer, he has the right to wipe over whichever pair he wants.
15- If he wears socks, then breaks his fast, then puts on something else before performing ablution; The ruling is for the first.
16- If he wears socks, then wears shoes, then wipes over them, then puts on another shoe, then it is said: He does not wipe over the second one, and it is said: He has the right to wipe over them; Because he wore it in a state of purity, and the period begins from the first wiping.
17- If he wears socks, wipes the tops, then takes them off, it is permissible for him to wipe over the bottoms until the period of wiping the tops ends.
18- If he takes off the slippers after wiping them, his purity is not invalidated thereby, according to the correct opinion, and this was chosen by Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah.
19- If the period of wiping has ended, his purity is not invalidated thereby, according to the correct opinion, and this was chosen by Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah.
20- If he doubts that the wiping period will last, it is not permissible for him to wipe. Because it is a license that is permissible with a condition, and if its condition is not fulfilled, it is returned to the original, and ghusl is required.
21- If he forgets and wipes after the end of the wiping period, then prays, his prayers are invalid; Because his ablution is invalid, and he must repeat the prayer.
22- If he takes off some of the drink to scratch his feet, then if he takes off a small part, it will not harm him, but if he takes off a lot, wiping over them will be invalidated in the future.