بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
والصلاة والسلام على رسوله الكريم
والعاقبة للمتقين
The bigoted mullas of
the Hanafi madhhab in the Indian subcontinent and elsewhere assert the invalidity of masah (wiping) over ordinary socks for Wudu. They claim
that masah is only valid over khuffayn meaning leather socks, and not
over jawrabayn, which are ordinary socks of cotton or wool. Al-Mughira
b. Shu’baRA narrates:
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله
عليه وسلم تَوَضَّأَ وَمَسَحَ عَلَى الْجَوْرَبَيْنِ وَالنَّعْلَيْنِ
Allah’s Apostle ﷺ performed Wudu and wiped over the socks and shoes. (Abi Dawud;
Tirmidhi; Ibn Maja)
Admittedly, this Hadith
is slightly weak, nevertheless, Imam Abi Dawud al-Sijistani mentions several of
the Prophet’s companions (Allah be pleased with them) who acted upon this and
would wipe over non-leather socks:
قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَمَسَحَ
عَلَى الْجَوْرَبَيْنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَالْبَرَاءُ
بْنُ عَازِبٍ وَأَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ وَأَبُو أُمَامَةَ وَسَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ وَعَمْرُو
بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ وَرُوِيَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
Ali b. Abi Talib, Ibn
Mas’ud, Baraa b. Azib, Anas b. Malik, Abu Umama, Sahl b. Sa’d and Amro b.
Huraith would all wipe over the socks. And this has also been related from Umar
b. al-Khattab and Ibn Abbas. (Sunan Abi Dawud #159)
In fact, since no one
dissented among the companions, it is safe to conclude that there is an Ijma
(concensus) among them with regard to the validity of wiping over ordinary
socks. The jurists have stipulated that the validity of wiping over ordinary
socks is subject to them being sufficiently thick. In other words, they should
not be so thin so as to reveal the color of the feet inside them, as may be the
case in certain nylon socks and stockings that people wear. Some Ulama say, in
addition to this, that the socks should be so thick so that water is unable to
seep into them and other conditions which are baseless, and Allah knows best.
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