1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,299 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:03,299 --> 00:00:07,679 The Senior Scholars Project in Kuwait is pleased, 3 00:00:07,679 --> 00:00:12,980 in cooperation with the Foundation of Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz Ibn Baz, 4 00:00:12,980 --> 00:00:14,480 may Allah have mercy on him, 5 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,480 to present to you: 6 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:21,559 "The Fiqh Choices 7 00:00:21,559 --> 00:00:25,719 in Matters of Worship and Transactions, 8 00:00:25,719 --> 00:00:30,489 from the Fatwas of His Eminence, the Eminent Imam, 9 00:00:30,489 --> 00:00:33,490 'Abd al-'Aziz Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn Baz, 10 00:00:33,490 --> 00:00:35,679 may Allah have mercy on him," 11 00:00:35,679 --> 00:00:38,679 compiled and arranged by Shaykh 12 00:00:38,679 --> 00:00:41,679 Khalid Ibn Sa'ud Ibn 'Amir al-'Ajmi. 13 00:00:41,679 --> 00:00:45,960 The Book of Purification: 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,960 Chapter on Wiping over Leather Socks (Khuffayn), 15 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,960 Splints, and Turbans. 16 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:57,759 The eminent Imam Ibn Baz, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 17 00:00:57,759 --> 00:01:01,759 The Sunnah is to begin with the right foot before the left, 18 00:01:02,759 --> 00:01:05,760 because of the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: 19 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,760 "When you perform ablution, begin with your right side." 20 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:13,049 Related by the compilers of the Sunan with an authentic chain of narration. 21 00:01:13,049 --> 00:01:16,049 If one wipes the right foot with the right hand 22 00:01:16,049 --> 00:01:19,049 and the left foot with the left hand, 23 00:01:19,049 --> 00:01:22,049 there is no harm, provided one begins with the right foot. 24 00:01:22,049 --> 00:01:26,049 And if one wipes both of them using either the right hand or the left hand, 25 00:01:26,049 --> 00:01:28,459 there is no objection. 26 00:01:28,459 --> 00:01:30,459 The duration for wiping begins 27 00:01:30,459 --> 00:01:32,459 from the first wipe after breaking ritual purity, 28 00:01:32,459 --> 00:01:36,459 for it has been soundly narrated from the Prophet, peace be upon him, 29 00:01:36,459 --> 00:01:40,980 in authentic hadiths that which indicates this. 30 00:01:40,980 --> 00:01:42,980 Among the conditions for wiping over socks 31 00:01:42,980 --> 00:01:45,980 is that they must be thick and concealing. 32 00:01:45,980 --> 00:01:49,980 If they are transparent, it is not permissible to wipe over them, 33 00:01:49,980 --> 00:01:53,980 because in such a state, the foot is treated as uncovered. 34 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:57,579 Wiping over leather socks is prescribed 35 00:01:57,579 --> 00:02:00,579 when they cover the foot and the ankles, 36 00:02:00,579 --> 00:02:03,579 are pure, and are made from the leather of any animal 37 00:02:03,579 --> 00:02:06,579 that is classified as ritually pure, 38 00:02:06,579 --> 00:02:09,580 provided one put them on while in a state of ritual purity. 39 00:02:09,580 --> 00:02:12,030 If the tear or hole is slight, 40 00:02:12,030 --> 00:02:14,030 such that it is considered slight by custom, 41 00:02:14,030 --> 00:02:18,030 the correct view is that, Allah willing, it does not impair the validity, 42 00:02:18,030 --> 00:02:21,030 because people are commonly afflicted with this, 43 00:02:21,030 --> 00:02:23,030 especially the poor. 44 00:02:23,030 --> 00:02:26,319 It is permissible to wipe over socks, 45 00:02:26,319 --> 00:02:29,319 which are woven fabrics meant to cover the feet, 46 00:02:29,319 --> 00:02:32,319 whether made of cotton, wool, or other materials. 47 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:35,740 The ruling on wiping over leather socks 48 00:02:35,740 --> 00:02:37,740 and wiping over fabric socks is identical, 49 00:02:37,740 --> 00:02:40,740 according to the more correct of the scholars' opinions. 50 00:02:40,740 --> 00:02:44,219 Removing that which has been wiped over invalidates the ablution, 51 00:02:44,219 --> 00:02:47,219 and it is counted among the nullifiers of wudu. 52 00:02:47,219 --> 00:02:50,729 If one wiped over the shoes along with the socks 53 00:02:50,729 --> 00:02:51,729 and then took off the shoes, 54 00:02:51,729 --> 00:02:54,729 he must remove the socks, and his ablution is invalidated; 55 00:02:54,729 --> 00:02:57,729 that is, if he had wiped over both of them together, 56 00:02:57,729 --> 00:03:00,729 then the ablution is invalidated by removing either one of them. 57 00:03:00,729 --> 00:03:03,729 However, if he restricted the wiping strictly to the socks 58 00:03:03,729 --> 00:03:05,729 and then put on shoes, 59 00:03:05,729 --> 00:03:07,729 it is not invalidated by doing so, 60 00:03:07,729 --> 00:03:10,729 because the ruling at that point applies solely to the socks. 61 00:03:10,729 --> 00:03:14,210 The shoe alone is not wiped over, 62 00:03:14,210 --> 00:03:16,210 because it does not cover the ankles; 63 00:03:16,210 --> 00:03:20,210 rather, one may wipe over the socks along with the shoes, 64 00:03:20,210 --> 00:03:23,210 since it is authentically established from the Prophet, peace be upon him, 65 00:03:23,210 --> 00:03:26,210 that he wiped over both socks and shoes, 66 00:03:27,210 --> 00:03:29,659 in an authentic hadith. 67 00:03:29,659 --> 00:03:31,659 It is permissible to wipe over boots 68 00:03:31,659 --> 00:03:33,659 along with whatever portion of the socks is exposed, 69 00:03:33,659 --> 00:03:36,659 and the ruling will apply to both of them together. 70 00:03:36,659 --> 00:03:39,659 Whenever one takes off the boot after breaking ritual purity, 71 00:03:39,659 --> 00:03:41,659 it becomes obligatory to take off the sock 72 00:03:41,659 --> 00:03:44,659 and repeat the ablution for prayer and the like. 73 00:03:44,659 --> 00:03:47,659 But if one wiped over the sock without wiping the boot, 74 00:03:47,659 --> 00:03:49,659 that is sufficient, 75 00:03:49,659 --> 00:03:51,659 provided the socks cover 76 00:03:51,659 --> 00:03:53,659 the area obligatory to wash, 77 00:03:53,659 --> 00:03:55,659 and removing the boot will not harm his purity. 78 00:03:55,659 --> 00:03:59,169 It is permissible to wipe over leather socks and fabric socks 79 00:03:59,169 --> 00:04:01,169 in both winter and summer. 80 00:04:01,169 --> 00:04:03,740 If a man sustained a wound, 81 00:04:03,740 --> 00:04:05,740 the time for prayer entered, 82 00:04:05,740 --> 00:04:06,740 and he performed ablution 83 00:04:06,740 --> 00:04:09,740 except that he did not wash the area of the wound 84 00:04:09,740 --> 00:04:11,740 because it was actively bleeding: 85 00:04:11,740 --> 00:04:13,740 what was obligatory in this case 86 00:04:13,740 --> 00:04:16,740 was for you to place a dressing over the wound— 87 00:04:16,740 --> 00:04:18,740 a piece of cloth wrapped around it, 88 00:04:18,740 --> 00:04:20,740 or something similar 89 00:04:20,740 --> 00:04:22,740 that arrests and stops the bleeding— 90 00:04:22,740 --> 00:04:25,740 so that you could wipe over this dressing. 91 00:04:25,740 --> 00:04:27,740 If that was not feasible, 92 00:04:27,740 --> 00:04:30,740 you should have performed tayammum for the wounded area after performing ablution. 93 00:04:30,740 --> 00:04:33,740 However, binding it with a bandage or dressing 94 00:04:33,740 --> 00:04:35,740 and then wiping over it 95 00:04:35,740 --> 00:04:37,740 is what was obligatory. 96 00:04:37,740 --> 00:04:39,740 So if you did not do that, 97 00:04:39,740 --> 00:04:42,740 then making up the prayers that you offered 98 00:04:42,740 --> 00:04:44,740 without either wiping or tayammum 99 00:04:44,740 --> 00:04:47,740 is the safer and more prudent course for you. 100 00:04:47,740 --> 00:04:51,319 If someone wipes for longer than the prescribed duration for wiping, 101 00:04:51,319 --> 00:04:53,319 he must repeat the prayer; 102 00:04:53,319 --> 00:04:55,319 this is the correct view, 103 00:04:55,319 --> 00:04:58,319 because the duration of wiping is strictly limited. 104 00:04:58,319 --> 00:05:01,800 Whoever puts on leather socks or fabric socks— 105 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,800 that is, regular socks— 106 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:04,800 while not in a state of ritual purity, 107 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,800 and then wipes over them and prays out of forgetfulness, 108 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,800 his prayer is invalid, 109 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,800 and he must repeat all the prayers 110 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:14,800 that he performed with that wiping. 111 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,019 It is preferable and more prudent 112 00:05:17,019 --> 00:05:20,019 that the person performing ablution should not put on the sock 113 00:05:20,019 --> 00:05:22,019 until he has washed his left foot; 114 00:05:22,019 --> 00:05:25,019 this is the view most apparent from the evidence. 115 00:05:25,019 --> 00:05:27,180 If someone puts on the right sock 116 00:05:27,180 --> 00:05:29,180 before washing the left foot, 117 00:05:29,180 --> 00:05:31,180 he ought to take off the leather sock 118 00:05:31,180 --> 00:05:33,180 or the fabric sock from his right foot 119 00:05:33,180 --> 00:05:35,180 prior to wiping, 120 00:05:35,180 --> 00:05:37,180 and then reinsert his foot into it 121 00:05:37,180 --> 00:05:39,180 after washing the left foot, 122 00:05:39,180 --> 00:05:41,180 so that he exits from the scholarly disagreement 123 00:05:41,180 --> 00:05:43,180 and takes precaution regarding his religion. 124 00:05:43,180 --> 00:05:45,699 The turban is like the leather socks: 125 00:05:45,699 --> 00:05:47,699 it must be preceded by ritual purity. 126 00:05:47,699 --> 00:05:49,699 Thus, if one puts on a turban fastened beneath the chin 127 00:05:49,699 --> 00:05:51,699 while in a state of purity, 128 00:05:51,699 --> 00:05:53,699 he may wipe over it for a day and a night. 129 00:05:53,699 --> 00:05:55,699 If a woman winds her headscarf (khimar) 130 00:05:55,699 --> 00:05:57,790 around her head 131 00:05:57,790 --> 00:05:59,790 and it is difficult for her to remove it, 132 00:05:59,790 --> 00:06:01,790 she may wipe over it for a day and a night, 133 00:06:01,790 --> 00:06:03,790 provided she put it on while in a state of ritual purity, 134 00:06:03,790 --> 00:06:05,790 exactly like the leather socks. 135 00:06:05,790 --> 00:06:07,790 However, if it is not fastened securely, 136 00:06:07,790 --> 00:06:09,790 such as an ordinary turban or the ghutrah, 137 00:06:09,790 --> 00:06:11,790 wiping over them is not permitted, 138 00:06:11,790 --> 00:06:13,790 because removing them entails no hardship; 139 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:15,790 the same applies to an ordinary headscarf. 140 00:06:15,790 --> 00:06:17,790 A splint may be wiped over, 141 00:06:17,790 --> 00:06:19,790 removing it entails no hardship, 142 00:06:19,790 --> 00:06:21,790 the same applies to an ordinary headscarf. 143 00:06:21,790 --> 00:06:24,079 A splint may be wiped over, 144 00:06:24,079 --> 00:06:26,079 even during major ritual impurity (janabah) and menstruation. 145 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:28,079 Then, when the area beneath it heals, 146 00:06:28,079 --> 00:06:30,079 it is not obligatory to repeat the ritual bath (ghusl). 147 00:06:30,079 --> 00:06:32,660 The Fiqh Choices.