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 3: What are the authentic, established conditions for wiping over the socks and what are their evidences?Answer: There are four conditions:  »   The first: that he be in a state of purity when he wore them. And the evidence for this is his (SAW) saying to Mughira, "leave them, for indeed my feet were in a state of purity when I wore them"  »   The second: that the khuffs or jawaarabs be pure and clean. If they have filth on them then it is not permissible to wipe over them. And the evidence for this is that the Messenger of Allaah (SAW) prayed with his Companions one day in shoes, and during the prayer he removed them. Then afterwards he informed his Companions that this was because Jibraa'eel had informed him that they had filth or dirt on them. And this indicates that the prayer is not acceptable when there is something in it which is impure, and because when the wiper wipes over the filth it sullies him also, and then he is also not in a state of purity.  »   The third: that he wipes over them when he is in a state of minor impurity, not when he is junub or in any state that necessitates the ghusl. And the evidence for that is the hadeeth of Safwaan bin Assaal (RA) who said, "The Messenger of Allaah (SAW) ordered us not to remove our socks for three days and nights when we were on a journey except if we were junub, but not from excretion, urination or sleep." So the condition is set that the wiping is only for minor impurity, not for the major impurity due to this hadeeth.  »   The fourth: that the wiping be for the period determined by the Sharee'ah, and that is a day and a night for one who is resident, and three days and nights for the one on a journey. This due to the hadeeth of Alee (RA) who said, "The Messenger (SAW) set a limit of one day and night for the resident, and three days and nights for the traveler", meaning for wiping over the khuffs. Related by Muslim. And this period starts the first time one wipes over the socks, and it finished 24 hours after for the resident and 72 hours after for the traveler. So  if we were to assume that one purified himself for fajr on Wednesday at 5am, and he remained in this state till the Ishaa prayer, then he slept and woke for fajr at 5am on Thursday then he has to make wudu with washing his feet as the period has expired. But were he to make wudu before 5am then his wiping is valid and he can pray fajr with  this wiping. And he can keep praying as much as he wishes afterwards as well with that same wudu, for the wudu does not become void when the period of wiping ends according to the strongest opinion of the scholars. And this is because the Messenger (SAW) did not set a time period for the state of purity, but he set a time period for the wiping only.So when the period for wiping has finished then there is no wiping after this, but if he was in a state of purity when the period expired, then his state of purity remains. This is because this state of purity has been established according to the dictates of the sharee'ah, so then it cannot be removed except by an evidence from the sharee'ah, and there is no evidence for the state of wudu ending as the time period for the wiping ends. And because the basic principle is that everything endures according to what it is upon until it's termination is made clear.So these are the conditions that are set for wiping over the khuffs. And there are other conditions that some scholars have mentioned but some of these are problematic.

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