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Question and Context — 0:00
Okay one brother emails and says I pray the at my workplace every single day and obviously it is time for Zuhr and I feel uncomfortable washing my feet in the sink for obvious reasons I know there's a controversy over masah or wiping over the socks can you please explain to us and give us what your position is on the wiping over the socks okay so this is the simple question must masah over the socks not.
Over the shoe or over the the hole for the leather so realize dear brother in Islam and all of us benefit from this brothers and sisters because the rulings apply to both men and women there's no difference of opinion between men and women when it comes to wiping over the socks exactly the same applies to men applies to women realize that wiping over a full covering that is impermeable from water which is leather or something of that nature wiping over a full covering of the foot that covers the ankles and.
Is impermeable is unanimously accepted by all of the scholars of Islam or I should say although the scholars of Sunni Islam so much so that it became a point of theology you find this in a play that the hawea that Sunni Muslims believe it is permissible to wipe over the hoof which is the leather sock why because the other non Sunni group said you you you you don't have to this thing is not permissible so the non Sunni group the famous notion is only one non cent the famous group right.
When I say non Sunni there's one group you should think of it says you're not allowed to wipe over the sock and the how are they said you cannot wipe out the socks and other said you cannot wipe over sorry it's not the leather sock let's say so it became a point of theology because so many a hadith mention the prophets are wiping over the leather sock which is the hoof in Arabic so all the madda agree and this is something you will find no controversy that if you're wearing a.
Covering that covers the ankle and that is impermeable to water which is leather for example or anything in permeate or water right and you have wudu and you put your feet into the this shoe or this leather sock in the state of wudu that you may then do massa one day when you're not traveling and three days if you are traveling this is unanimous no effort enough but who wears leather socks in our times nobody so the FT laugh comes over what issue this is why want you'd be.
Clear here the controversy is over socks that are permeable that's the controversy it's not over masah some people don't understand say oh there's a controversy of masah no there is no controversy over masah zero it is by unanimous consensus allowed and even the Quran references the permissibility of masah in Surat al-ma'idah verse 6 the famous one and it's a bit advanced but basically what our jeweler converses well Judy comb you can explicitly derive masah from the verse in the Quran wipe over your feet is the verse in the Quran and.
It can also be read wash over your feet in the air out of the Quran so the point is it is very very explicit now as for the a hadith of the Prophet system it is mutawatir over 20 Sahaba reported masah overall and that's why there is no controversy as we said a Sunni Islam the most famous hadith which you should all be aware of is the hadith of Jared even Abdullah Al Bocelli that Jared named Abdullah went to the bathroom relieved himself came back and he wiped over the sock.
His students said how can you wipe over the sock and he said why shouldn't I I saw the Prophet sallallaahu ie he was seldom used the restroom come back and then wipe over his sock in another version the the Sahaba said I came down to take the sock off the shoe when I say suck right now think of leather sock to take the hoof out from the the Prophet ﷺ and he said to me leave it on for I wore them when I was in the state of wudu and I saw.
Him wipe over the hoof right wipe over the hoof and there are many many narrations in this regard Ibrahim an aha I the famous share of Abu Hanifah Ibrahim an fi the greatest scholar of Kufa of the students of the Sahaba he said we would love this hadith of Jeremiah Abdullah because Jared accepted Islam after surah maidah was revealed now what is the country with anything surah maidah is the surah in which Allah talks about wudu o you who believe when you stand up to pray then wash your face.
And wipe your head and wash your hands and your feet this ayah is in Surat al which one ma a de jure accepted Islam after ma ADA and Jared is saying I saw with my own eyes after this verse was revealed the prof did what wipe over the socks the leather sock and so Annika is saying we all loved this hadith because we can use it to refute those who say wiping is abrogated it's not abrogated the Quran came and the the Prophet ﷺ is still wiping over the stock sock so.
We have all of this and that's why your mom and no way says there is edema over anyone whom we care about edema that it is allowed to wipe over the hoof whether you're traveling or you're suffer whether you're woman or a male whether you have a reason or you don't have a reason you don't even need a reason to wipe over the hoof there is no you don't have to be sick you don't have to be traveling only the timeframe differences otherwise there is each MA there's no controversy okay.
Now that we've talked about no controversy so for example no controversy will be over Marshall at America law Texas boots okay I have to say this in Texas so you have the cowboy boots the cowboy boots mashallah this is now hoof right there this is the Texan hoof so if you're wearing cowboy boots and you have wudu when you wore them by unanimous consensus you can wipe over now I think everybody's gonna go buy cowboy boots to work and now you're gonna be real Texan when you go to work.
You can do myself over the cowboy boots no problem with something like that two conditions number one covering the ankle number two impermeable okay now we get to the controversy what is the controversy the controversy is whether what if it's not a leather sock as for not covering the ankle no scholar says if you're wearing a sock that goes below the ankle you cannot do much no question it has to cover the ankle that's clear now what if it is not a leather sock and the socks that we wear in.
Our times right all of us we wear nylon or cotton or polyester these are the socks that we wear and then we put our shoe over that now this is where the controversy comes and three of the methods is sent chillie do not allow wiping over impermeable socks and one of them allows it so the hanafi madhhab we have a has Kefi in his a dual motor he says that it is only allowed to wipe over a covering of the of the leg if they are very thick he doesn't say.
Leather it's another common misconception some people say hanafis it has to be leather no the hand of his nose it has to be leather the Hanafi say it must be thick such that you can walk one fossa which is like more than 5 kilometers right 3 4 4 or 5 miles you can walk so many miles anyone first stuff you can walk with an N - and the sock will remain and it will not be Yanni so basically it's an.
Core Ruling and Evidence — 8:03
Independent shoe almost ok it's an independent shoe that's what they are saying and al-khalil in his motor cell he says that it is allowed for the male or the female in travel and non travel that they may wipe over the socks if they are made out of leather so a leather sock meaning impermeable and the same goes for the shaft for a seaman no we also have a quote here and others so the 3-month hub say that it must be an impermeable sock the one with him that is left is.
Which one the humbly met and the humbly might have out of the format' hubs it was very clear that both the leather and the non leather sock is allowed to do massage over and this is something that they defended and even Kodama in his famous book called mutiny he basically mentions that anything that covers the ankle anything that covers the ankle and you can walk a little bit not 5 kilometers or so you could just walk any it's something that is an independent foot covering which is basically any sock of.
Our times it takes the ruling of the hoof and you can do maasai over it and even tamiya defended this position and he goes anything that covers the feet even if it is very thin as long as you call it a sock Johri then it is something that is permissible and even has them as well famous scholar of the past he also said this and many of the modern scholars as well say this as well the measure de sel islami of the Roberta they have a fatwa on this that it.
Is completely permissible to do masah over cotton and polyester and wool and it is not a condition that they be made out of leather even if the shaft fairies and Maliki's in Hanafy said this they said that is not a condition and then what is their evidence all of them even Tamiya even has him the ham body made ham and many modern scholars what is their evidence the evidence is the authentic hadith and Abu Dawood Timothy and was an imam muhammad and mahira eben sharaba said that i saw the prophet.
Sallallaahu i said them he used to do masa algebra Baney when not lain over his jo rub and his shoe now in arabic hoof is a sock that is made out of leather and jo rub is a sock that is made out of cloth and in this hadith the word jo rub is mentioned so he wiped over the Jo rub it's explicit in the hadith and it is an authentic hadith now the other three they either said that well he meant to hoof or they said well this is a job.
That is impermeable and made out of this and that and they kind of put all of these conditions on it nonetheless even Tamiya has a very long section in his Futaba in which he says the goal and because of which Allah revealed the wiping over the sock was to make easy wudu and for us to bring so many conditions that are not found in the Quran and Sunnah it defeats the purpose of Allah gifting us Mussa had a low fame the point is that you make life easy and allah.
Subhanaw taala did not so because when you cut the hadith the Prophet system did not give any conditions at all these are later methods and we respect them you know my position I respect all the methods but when there's a diversity of opinion if you wish to follow a particular method no problem for me and that's why I'm giving you all the methods that's why I'm presenting the platter to you if you want to be a Hanafy and you want to follow it hamdulillah that's problem but if you ask me.
What is my humble opinion humble humbly opinion what is my humble humble opinion not just because I am humble overall because you know I told you I'm overall humbly but it is also my position that it is permissible for a person to follow another Authority and say this position is the correct one it's not a big you're not fat to a shopping you asked me a position I'll give you my opinion it is my opinion based on the evidences that number one it is authentically narrated in multiple a hadith that.
The process and wiped over the Jo rub and the Jo rub is the word that means a sock made out of cloth number two the Prophet system did not put any condition it is true that most of the out of zat that time wore leather socks but that was the custom that was the default so he sallallahu I've said I'm usually wiped over the leather socks therefore that is the default because that's what they had at that time even cloth was a scarcity by the way why would you put it.
On your shoe when you need something to cover your shoe in that environment what not so cloth socks were not the default leather socks were but in that environment our the Prophet ﷺ if it was only allowed for one type he should have said masah has only allowed four hoof and not for Jorah but he didn't the Sharia came and allowed it our the Prophet ﷺ demonstrated it as allowed so anyone who puts a condition they need to be telling us where these conditions come from and with with utmost respect to the.
Other three methods the humble ease have a point here and even Tamiya says this the goal is to make it easy not to make it difficult so this whole notion of you have to walk 1,000 yards you have to make sure there's no hole the size of this and that if no km says can you imagine any Sahabi did not have a hole in his sock can you imagine and this is it can you imagine that everybody has holes in their socks the Sahaba were dirt poor you don't think they.
Had a hole in theirs in there so to have a condition that the the hole cannot be more than two point seven centimeters these things with utmost respect but you're making the religion these conditions are coming and it goes against the purpose of Allah revealing a concession to us so both events a vml km they are somewhat defensive of the humbly position and I myself agreeing with this that yes you may do masah over any sock as long as it is called the sock the soon approves this explicitly and the.
Goals of the Shetty I prove it implicitly is that clear explain this the Sunnah proves it explicit masaha LG urbane and the hadith is an Abu Daoud and Wilson in Muhammad by Maria Redman Sharma and the goals of the shitty I prove it implicitly that it is allowed now having said that the final point here what is to be done if you are wearing a sock that covers the ankle because as we said if the sock does not cover the ankle there is no discussion end of story you have to.
Take it off and do do also na goes to do washing of the feet now what if it covers the ankle and you put your shoe on top of the covered sock but the shoe does not cover the ankle so we have a number of scenarios first scenario your shoe covers your ankle in which case clearly you can do muscle over the shoe you're wearing a boot you're wearing a anything that is a big covering right or these hiking boots that go all the way up clearly you can do muscle.
Over that there's no question there's not enough amongst the homilies and the other three would say only if the shoe is impermeable we we give that distinction right and by the way most of the shoes here especially the hiking shoes would not they're impermeable they don't want water to seep in so according to those meta bit would be allowed the it doesn't have to be leather the point is water should not go into the three met hubs the humbly said.
Practical Guidance and Caveats — 15:29
Even if water goes and doesn't matter that's the point you're allowed to do my sir so clearly the first scenario if the shoe goes above the ankle all and it is impermeable all three methods allow understand now the controversy will come if the shoe goes beneath the ankle and the sock is above the ankle which is our culture and custom in the Western world most of our fancy shoes are beneath the ankle and the sock is above the ankle and the measure this fifthly of ropa Europe and others they have.
Spoken about this in detail and I always like to quote counsels because then nobody can say it's my personal opinion some I will give you my personal but I try to avoid that and I quote you respected scholars and what not so that I get out of the the picture and their position is that it's an interesting we listen to this in in those days in those days most of these cloth socks were essentially wrap arounds in other words they're not like ours that you pull them up it would be.
A strip and you would wrap your feet right the type of band-aid they would do like that so it's not a one-piece that you pull on it is multi-layered right and so and the concept that we have of a thin sock to protect you from a you know shoe that type of stuff wasn't in back then this is something now so the the mesh matt said that in this case really if you look at it as long as you had wudu because i and this you should all understand if.
You don't have wudu then this doesn't come you have to have wudu in the morning meaning when you when you put your shoes and socks on not in the morning but whenever you put your shoes and socks on you need to have wudu now this mesh matt said if you look at it this is essentially a multi-layered one entity just like imagine if you had a band-aid sock and then you took one layer above the ankle then you went back down and it three four layers on the.
Foot itself so the foot is thicker band-aid wise and above the ankle is one layer it's considered one item the point is it is covering the hukum is the same so they said that given this modern circumstance you're not gonna find a classical position because this is something new now or style that we have they said this chaos is there that this is one foot piece so as long as you wore your sock and your shoe in the state of wudu in one wudu right you understand this point.
You wore your sock and then you wore your shoes and you had wudu then you may do masah over the shoe because you essentially wore it as one piece and it can be counted as one piece now if you take your shoes off according to this position then you will have an issue and if you don't have wudu when you place the shoe on so then you will have to take your shoe off and then do it with the sock and this is one opinion even in this issue.
Bottom line Allah knows best but Allah gave this concession is very clear to make life easy Allah says wah masha'Allah are they confident in how much there is no difficulty in this religion Allah says you do not become a loser Allah wants to make things easy our prophet sallallaahu I am said in allahu allah allahu allah loves that the easy things he has given you you should take advantage of them don't reject them and that's why in the context of praying for verses - when you're traveling you are not supposed.
To pray for because Allah gifted you you can pray - and Allah wants you to accept his gift when you're allowed to pray toward one one when you are actually more Safford you're supposed to pray - as we all know it is against the Sunnah to pray for and in this context our Prophet SAW said Allah loves that when he's given you a Rojas an easy thing you take advantage of it so this is Ibn Taymiyya's fatwa that the whole concept of masah is a Raza from Allah so why make.
It difficult make it easy as long as you have wudu and your Footwear covers the ankle then insha Allah either you may do masah over that entire piece and therefore you do not even have to take your shoe off have Denia that you're gonna do although in the morning wear your socks and your shoes and then for the rest of the day at work you can do masa even over the shoe and if you don't remember whether you had wudu for the shoe or not maybe you wore your.
Socks because it's cold these days then you put your shoe on later and if you forgot that just to be on the safe side you may take your shoe your feet out of the the actual Footwear the shoe and do masa over the socks but in my humble opinion the humbly might have even has an auto body many ridhima of our times and more and more in them of our times even many of the meThe heavier llama in our times they are rethinking through their looking at all of these explicit.
Evidences men - a free is called as a VAR x by the way allow masa over thee jeribai I was listening to some YouTube video some of the Isaiah scholars now even though their shaft fairy and technically they're made hub does not allow it but one of their great scholars were saying look the hadith is very clear the Malita of Neshoba hadith that the process in wiped over the sock and he said this hadith is very clear and he's giving the fact one of the main shapes of Azhar and he.
Shall fury he's saying the hadith is very clear so Allah knows best it seems to be no problem whatsoever to do masah over any Footwear whatsoever that constitutes the footwear and this is of the goals of the Sharia and you may do your masah 24 hours when you are not traveling and 76 hours 3 days and nights when you are travelling in shadow data how can I say no - cause you really smell good so our brother is asking a good question that I didn't talk about dismissing done on the.
Top or on the bottom hi Liam the I bethought have said hadith is in most soon and a Buddha would soon Anna be that would I leave never be at all him said if our religion were to be based upon what my logic and reason says then I would have done masah on the bottom of my sock my hoof but I saw the prophet sallallaahu Ali who seldom do masah on the top of the whole this hadith is in Abu Dawood and leave never thought you said this if the religion.
Were to be based upon what I think is common sense logic rationality then I would have thought masah should be done at the bottom but I saw the prophets as I'm do masah on the top and by the way this shows that that masah is symbolic masah is symbolic because you just a little bit of drops of water and you just rub on the top even though we all know when you're walking is gonna be the bottom that is going to be dusty and Sandy and whatnot this is event a.
Mia's point by the way that masah is a symbolic gift like tire moon so to add multiple conditions to tell mum defeats the purpose of the mo to add multiple conditions to masah defeats the purpose of massa that's the point of in Tamia says Jews at Malacca la eternal fire you don't hurry and I as in a 15 years and I'm Antwerp in her appearing here is our album bina one more little Yama album being humble Lea art in German.