It is narrated from Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set three (days) for us, and had we asked for more (time), he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have given us more; meaning for the traveller's wiping over leather socks.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1319
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us: "When we are resident, we should wipe over our leather socks for a day and a night, and when we are travelling, for three days and three nights." And by Allah, had the questioner kept on asking, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have made it five days. (b) In the narration of Imam al-Thawri (may Allah have mercy on him) it says: Had I asked him for more time, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have given us more.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1320
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin asked about wiping over leather socks, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Three days and three nights." The Companions said: We thought that had he asked for more (time), he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have given more.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1321
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The traveller wipes for three days." Shu'bah said: I think he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "and their nights."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1322
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): "The traveller wipes for three days." Al-Harith said: I will not take off my leather socks until I come to my bed.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1323
(a) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning wiping over leather socks: "The resident wipes for a day and a night, and the traveller for three days and three nights."
(b) Imam al-Tirmidhi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) about this hadith, and he said: In my view the narration of Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) about leather socks is not authentic, because Abu Abdullah al-Jadali is not established to have heard from Sayyiduna Khuzaymah (may Allah be pleased with him). And Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Ibrahim al-Nakha'i (may Allah have mercy on him) is not established to have heard the hadith of wiping from Abu Abdullah al-Jadali. (c) The Shaykh said: The account of Za'idah from Mansur is evidence that Shu'bah's report is correct; it has already passed at the beginning of the chapter. (d) This narration was also reported by Dhawwad bin Ulbah al-Harithi, and he is weak; he narrates it from Mutarrif from al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) from Abu Abdullah al-Jadali.
(b) Sayyiduna Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The traveller wipes for three days." He said: Had we asked for more, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would have given us more.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1325
(a) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Imarah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in our house. I said: O Messenger of Allah, may I too wipe over leather socks? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." I asked: For one day? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two days." I said: Two days? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Three days." I said: O Messenger of Allah, three days? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, whatever suits you."
(b) Amr bin al-Rabi' narrated it from Yahya bin Ayyub with this same chain without mentioning Ubadah bin Nusayy, and he said that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, and as much as you wish."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1326
Yahya bin Ayyub said: He (Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Imarah, may Allah be pleased with him) had prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) towards both qiblahs.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1327
(a) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Imarah (may Allah be pleased with him), Abu Ubayd recorded the name with a kasrah, that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in the house of Imarah towards both qiblahs. He asked: O Messenger of Allah, may I wipe over leather socks? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." He asked: For one day? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." He asked again: Two days? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two days." He said: O Messenger of Allah, three days? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes," until he counted up to seven. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, whatever seems fit to you."
(b) Imam Abu Dawud (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There is disagreement about its chain, and this hadith is not strong. (c) Ali bin Umar said: This chain is not established; there is great disagreement in it concerning the narrator Yahya bin Ayyub. (d) Abd al-Rahman, Muhammad bin Yazid and Ayyub bin Qatan are all majhul (unknown) narrators.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1328
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you performs ablution and puts on his leather socks, let him pray in them and wipe over them; then, if he wishes, he need not take them off, but if he is in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah), let him take them off."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1329
Zubayd bin al-Salt said: I heard Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) say: When a person performs ablution and puts on his leather socks, let him wipe over them and pray in them, and if he wishes he need not take them off, except in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah), (when he should take them off).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1330
(a) Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates the same from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). (b) Ibn Sa'id said: As far as I know, no one narrated this hadith except Asad bin Musa. (c) The Shaykh said: Abd al-Ghaffar bin Dawud al-Harrani corroborated him in the musnad (Prophetic) hadith, but it is not found with the people of Basra from Hammad, and it is not well-known.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1331
Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I set out from Syria for Madinah on a Friday and came to Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). He said to me: When did you put your leather socks on your feet? I said: On Friday. He said: Have you taken them off? I said: No. He said: You have acted in accordance with the Sunnah.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1332
Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came to Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) with the news of the conquest in Syria, and I was wearing leather socks, thick ones of the kind called al-muq. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) looked at them and asked: "For how long have you not taken them off?" I said: "I put them on on Friday, and today, Friday, is the eighth day." He said: "You have attained (the Sunnah)."
(b) It is narrated from Yazid bin Abi Habib (may Allah have mercy on him), and in this narration it says: "You have attained the Sunnah."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1333
(a) Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates the same from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "You have attained the Sunnah."
(b) We have narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) the time limit for wiping. Either he went back to it when the confirmed report from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the time limit reached him, or his statement that agrees with the well-known Sunnah takes precedence. (c) It has been narrated from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he did not set a time limit.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1334
(a) It is reported from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he did not set a time limit for wiping over leather socks. (b) We have narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that a time limit for wiping is established from them, and their view agrees with the well-known Sunnah that is narrated abundantly. (c) Fundamentally, washing the feet is obligatory, and this is what is preferable. And Allah knows best. (d) Abu Ali al-Za'farani said: Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) went back to the fixed time limit for wiping when he was with us in Baghdad.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1335