Wiping over the leather socks

Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: During the expedition of Tabuk, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered wiping over the leather socks for three days and three nights for the traveller, and one day and one night for the resident.

Aflah said: Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub (may Allah be pleased with him) used to order wiping over the leather socks, while he himself would wash his feet. Someone asked him: "You order people to wipe over the leather socks, yet you yourself wash your feet?" He said: "How wretched it would be for me if it were a concession for you and a sin for me! I have seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) doing it and ordering it; but washing in ablution has been made dear to me."

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to a rubbish dump and urinated. Then I brought him water; he performed ablution and wiped over his leather socks.

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey. He went out to relieve himself. When he had finished, I brought him a vessel of water and poured it for him. He was wearing a cloak (jubbah) with narrow sleeves, so he brought his arms out from under the cloak, washed his forearms, and wiped over his leather socks.

Hammam said: Sayyiduna Jarir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) urinated, then performed ablution and wiped over his leather socks. Someone asked him: "Do you do this?" He said: "Why should I not do it, when I have seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) doing it?" Ibrahim said: The hadith of Jarir used to please us, because he accepted Islam after Surah al-Ma'idah was revealed.

Sayyiduna Jarir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) after Surah al-Ma'idah had been revealed, and I saw him wiping over the leather socks.

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey. He said: "O Mughirah, take the water vessel." So I took the vessel and went with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) went out of my sight and relieved himself. Then he came back, wearing a Syrian cloak (jubbah) with narrow sleeves. He tried to bring his hand out through its sleeve, but it was too narrow, so he brought his hand out from underneath the cloak. I poured water for him and he performed ablution as for prayer, then wiped over his leather socks and prayed.

Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped over his leather socks and over his head-cloth (khimar).

Ibn Buraydah narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Buraydah, may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Conquest of Makkah the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution and wiped over his leather socks. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, today I have seen you do something you had never done before!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Umar, I did it deliberately."

Ibn Buraydah narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Buraydah, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Negus (al-Najashi) sent the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a gift of two plain black leather socks. He put them on, then performed ablution and wiped over them.

Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "Wiping over the leather socks is three days and three nights for the traveller, and one day and one night for the resident."

Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set the period of wiping for the traveller at three days. Had we asked him for more, he would have increased it.

Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set the period of wiping over the leather socks at three days and three nights for the traveller, and one day and one night for the resident. Had the questioner asked him for more, he would have extended it to five days.

Yahya bin Ubayd said: Muhammad bin Sa'd used to perform ablution from a large water-skin (rawiyah). One day he came out to us after relieving himself, performed ablution and wiped over his leather socks, and we were very surprised. We said: "What is this?" He said: "My father told us that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do just the same."

Shurayh said: I asked Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) about wiping (over the leather socks). She said: "Ask Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) about this, for he knows more about it than I do." I asked Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command us that the resident should wipe over the leather socks for one day and one night, and the traveller for three days and three nights."

Zirr said: I came to Sayyiduna Safwan bin Assal al-Muradi (may Allah be pleased with him). He asked: "What has brought you?" I said: "Seeking knowledge." He said: "The angels spread their wings beneath the feet of the seeker of knowledge." Then he said: "When we were on a journey, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would command us not to take off our leather socks for three days, except in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah), even if we had relieved ourselves, urinated or slept."

Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wiping over the over-boots (muq) worn on top of the leather socks, and over his head-cloth (khimar).

Abu Muslim said: Once I was with Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him). He saw a man taking off his leather socks to perform ablution, and he said: "Wipe over your leather socks and over your head-cloth, and wipe your forelock, for I have seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wiping over the leather socks and the head-cloth."

Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Imarah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in his house facing both qiblahs. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, may I wipe over the leather socks?" He said: "Yes." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, for one day?" He said: "Yes, and for two days." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, and for two days?" He said: "Yes, and for three days." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, and for three days?" He said: "Yes, for as long as you wish."

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) relieved himself, then performed ablution and wiped over his leather socks.

Salim bin Abdullah said: Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas asked Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with them both) about wiping over the leather socks, and Sayyiduna Umar said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command wiping over the leather socks, provided they had been put on in a state of purity."

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wiping over the leather socks with water while on a journey.

Sayyiduna Amr bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wiping over the leather socks.

Sayyiduna Amr bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped over his leather socks and his turban.

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) once said in a sermon: "O people, I was once with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey. He went to relieve himself. I brought him water; he performed ablution and wiped over his leather socks."

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was wearing a Syrian cloak (jubbah) with narrow sleeves. Because its sleeves were narrow, he brought his hands out from underneath. Then he washed his face and hands, then wiped his forelock, and wiped over his turban and his leather socks.

Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set the period of wiping at three days and three nights for the traveller, and one day and one night for the resident.

Zayd bin Wahb said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote a letter to us about wiping over the leather socks, in which he set the period of wiping at three days and three nights for the traveller, and one day and one night for the resident.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) set the period of wiping over the leather socks at three days and three nights for the traveller, and for the resident one day, until nightfall.

Imran bin Muslim said: Nubatah al-Ju'fi was the boldest of us all before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). We said to Nubatah al-Ju'fi: "Ask Sayyiduna Umar about the period of wiping over the leather socks." Sayyiduna Umar was asked, and he set it at three days for the traveller and one day and one night for the resident.

Abu Zur'ah bin Amr said: I saw Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) wipe over his leather socks. And Abu Zur'ah said: It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you puts on his leather socks while his feet are pure, he may wipe over them: the traveller for three days and the resident for one day."

Ibrahim said: Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to wipe over their leather socks.

Al-Sha'bi said: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about wiping over leather socks, and he said: "Wipe over them."

Ibrahim said: The Companions wiped over leather socks. If anyone does not wipe over leather socks, turning away from it, that is an act of Satan.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: At the time of the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) and I differed about wiping over leather socks. He used to say: "Wipe over the leather socks," while I rejected it. When we came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Sa'd mentioned the matter to him and said: "Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) rejects wiping over leather socks." I said: "O Commander of the Believers! Sa'd says: Wipe over the leather socks after your ablution has been broken." Sayyiduna Umar said: "Wipe after your ablution has been broken, and wipe even after relieving yourself (defecating)."

Al-Hakam bin al-A'raj said: I asked Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about wiping over leather socks, and he said: "At Jalula', Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) and I differed about wiping over leather socks. Sayyiduna Sa'd used to say: 'Wipe over the leather socks,' while I rejected it. When we came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), I mentioned this to him and said: 'Sa'd says: Wipe over the leather socks after your ablution has been broken.' Sayyiduna Umar said: 'Wipe even after relieving yourself, and wipe even after your ablution has been broken.'"

Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say about wiping over leather socks: "Its period is three days and three nights for the traveller, and one day and one night for the resident."

A man from the Ansar asked Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) about wiping over leather socks, and he said: "Its period is three days for the traveller, and one day and one night for the resident."

Sayyiduna Amr bin al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) on a journey, and he did not take off his leather socks for three days.

Sayyiduna Amr bin al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I went out with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) to al-Mada'in. On the way he kept wiping over his leather socks for three days and did not take them off.