Is it permissible to wipe over socks if the ablution is broken and one of the socks is changed after wearing more than one pair of socks while in a state of ablution?
It is permissible to wipe over thick socks. If one wears a sock over another sock before breaking their ablution (hadath), it is permissible to wipe over either of them. If the upper sock is removed before wiping over it, this does not affect the ruling, and it is permissible to wipe over the sock remaining underneath. However, if one breaks their ablution and then wears a new upper sock, it is not valid to wipe over it because it was worn without ritual purity. Nevertheless, it is valid to wipe over the sock underneath it. If the upper sock is removed after wiping over it, the purity is invalidated.
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