Fatawas of Sh. Saleh bin UthaimeenSalaf-us-Salih HomepageQuotes are taken from: Univeristy College London Islamic Society
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The Ruling Concerning One Who Opposes the Laws of Allaah
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Fataawaa fee al-Mas-h 'alaa al-Khuffain - ( Rulings Regarding the Wiping Over the Socks for Purification )Question 2: What is the ruling of wiping on the khuffs and jawaarabs, and what is the evidence for that from the Book and Sunnah?Answer: The wiping is a sunnah which has come to us from the Messenger (SAW), and it is better for the one wearing them to wipe over them, rather than taking them off to wash his feet.The evidence for this is the hadeeth of al-Mughira bin Shu'bah (RA) who said that the Prophet (SAW) made wudu. Al-Mughira said, "I moved to remove his khuffs and he said, "Leave them, for indeed my feet were in a state of purity when I wore them." So he wiped over them."The legislation of wiping over the khuffs is established in the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of  Messenger of Allaah (SAW). As for it's legislation in the Book, then it lies in the verse, "O you who believe, when you stand for prayer, wash you faces and hands up to the elbows, and wipe your heads and feet up to the ankles."There are two correct ways of reciting the saying of Allaah (wa Arjulikum) "and (your) feet" having reached us from the Messenger of Allaah (SAW):  »    Reciting it as "wa Arjulakum" with a fatha on the laam, hence linking it in meaning to "wa wujoohakum" (and your faces), i.e. wash the feet.  »   Reciting it as "wa Arjulikum" with a kasra on the laam, hence linking it in meaning to "bi ru'oosikum" (your heads), i.e. wipe the feet.	And that which explains when one should wipe the feet and when one should wash them is the sunnah, for the Messenger (SAW) used to wash his feet when they were uncovered, and wipe over them when they were covered by khuffs.As for it's legislation in the sunnah, the sunnah is mutawaatir from the Messenger of Allaah (SAW) in this sunnah. Imaam Ahmad said, 'There is no aversion in my heart to wiping. There are forty ahaadeeth with regards to it from the Messenger of Allaah (SAW) and his Companions' and the saying of the poet:From those that are mutawaatir is the hadeeth 'the one who lies..',and 'the one who builds a house for the sake of Allaah, and hopes for the reward',and the Sight, the Intercession and the Pond,and the wiping over the socks, and...So this is the evidence from the Book of Allaah, and the Sunnah of His Messenger (SAW).

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