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I wore the socks under my shoes after performing Wudu. Then I made Wudu and wiped on the shoes. If I take my shoes off, am I permitted to continue the wiping for the allowed period of time, wiping on my socks?
Praise be to Allah.
If a person wears Khuff (leather socks) over socks , or Khuff over Khuff, to which of them does the ruling apply? That is subject to further discussion.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn `Uthaymin (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
It says in Al-Furu`: ‘It is permissible according to Malik.’ An-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: ‘This appears to be more correct because he put them on when he was in a state of purity, and the suggestion of those who say that purity is not complete is not acceptable.’
If we accept that, then it is the beginning of the period during which he may wipe (over the Khuff or socks ), and in this case he may wipe over the first (layer) without a doubt.
“The overshoe or galosh is a Khuff that is worn over the ordinary Khuff, especially in cold countries. What is meant by the upper and lower (or outer and inner) layers is if there is a Khuff of two layers, then the upper layer is called the outer and the lower layer is called the inner.” (Al-Sharh Al-Mumti`, 1/211)
Thus it is clear that if a person wears Khuff over socks, then he takes off the upper or outer layer of the two, if he wipes over it, then his taking it off does not invalidate his wiping, and he may wipe over the lower or inner layer, in all the cases mentioned by Shaykh Ibn `Uthaymin (may Allah have mercy on him), until the end of the period for wiping over the Khuff or socks .
And Allah knows best.