One who takes off his leather socks after wiping over them

Sa'id bin Abi Maryam narrates from a man among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding a man who wipes over his khuffs (leather socks), then it occurs to him and he takes them off; he said: He should wash his feet.

Abd al-Salam (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated it with the same meaning.
Al-Bukhari said: We do not know whether Yahya heard from Sa'id or not, nor whether Sa'id heard from the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him), the father of Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakrah (may Allah have mercy on him), narrates the story of the wiping from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), saying: My father used to take off his khuffs (leather socks) and wash his feet.

Alqamah and al-Aswad (may Allah have mercy on them both) state regarding a man who performs ablution and wipes over his khuffs (leather socks), then takes them off: Both of them said: He should wash his feet. (b) Al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) and others narrate from Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) that he may pray and need not wash his feet.

It is narrated from Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): When someone wipes over his khuffs (leather socks) and then takes them off, it is as if he has taken off his ablution as well (that is, his ablution is broken).

(a) Imam al-Awza'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) about a man who performed ablution and put on his khuffs (leather socks) while in a state of ablution, then broke his ablution and wiped over them, then took them off: Should he wash his feet or perform a fresh ablution? He said: Rather, he should perform a fresh ablution. (b) The Shaykh said: Something with the same meaning is narrated from Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him). Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned it in the Book of Abu Hanifah and Ibn Abi Layla, basing it on the issue of separating the ablution (tafriq al-wudu). These reports have already passed in their chapter. (c) It is reported from Imam al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding a man into whose khuff a pebble enters that he should perform ablution. What he meant is that he will take off the khuff to remove the pebble and so perform ablution again. And Allah knows best.

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We went on a military expedition with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us to wipe over the khuffs (leather socks): "For the traveller three days and three nights, and for the resident one day and one night, as long as he does not take them off himself or they are not taken off."
Only Umar bin Rudayh narrated it, and he is not strong.