{"id":12738,"date":"2026-02-05T11:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=12738"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:37:53","slug":"wiping-over-socks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=12738","title":{"rendered":"How Long Is the Period of Wiping Over Socks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">The Period of Wiping Over Socks<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #800080\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">How long does wiping over socks last after taking a shower and putting them on a state of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/purification-2\/islam-encourage-cleanliness\/\">purification<\/a>?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #800080\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">The majority of scholars are of the view that it is permissible to wipe over fabric or leather <em>khuffain<\/em> instead of taking them off as long as you wear them on a state of purification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">It was narrated that Al-Mughirah ibn Shu`bah said: &#8220;<span style=\"color: #008000\">The Prophet (peace be upon him) performed ablution (wudu) and wiped over his socks and sandals.<\/span>&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/featured\/at-tirmidhi-imam-of-hadith-and-fiqh\/\">At-Tirmidh<\/a>i)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;color: #333399\"><strong>Conditions of wiping over Socks<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">1- They must be put on after performing ablution while one is still in a state of purification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">2- They must be clean and pure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">3- It is permissible to wipe over them when one is purifying himself from minor impurity not when one is in a state of major impurity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">4- The wiping is made within the time specified by the Islamic Shari`ah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">How could you exactly calculate the period of wiping over them?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">To know the answer and more about the rulings of wiping over <em>khuffain<\/em>, you can watch this short video with Dr. Muhammad Salah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p>____________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><em>Source: Huda Youtube Channel.<\/em> <\/span><a href='https:\/\/prayerinislam.com\/wiping-over-socks-2\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the conditions of wiping over socks? How could you calculate the period of wiping over socks? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1799,1563],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fatwas-rulings","category-prayer-in-islam"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}