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Is there a dispensation that alleviates hardship for a female rheumatism patient who finds extreme difficulty in removing her socks and undoing the gauze from her toes for ablution?

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This woman is permitted to wipe over her socks throughout the day, not just once. She should perform ablution, wash her feet, then put on the socks while in a state of purity. She may then wipe over them for a day and a night. When the period expires and she wishes to pray, she should remove the socks, perform ablution, wash her feet, then put them back on and wipe over them for a day and a night, and so on.

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