Wiping Over Socks and Casts
220 questions
Is it permissible for a woman to wear men's concealing socks and wipe over them [for ablution], knowing that this might be considered imitating men?
What is the ruling on one who says that the opinion of scholars should not be blindly followed and calls for the arbitration of reason in matters of dispute?
How valid are my prayers after wiping over a transparent and torn sock, assuming it was permissible to do so?
Is it permissible to wipe over a khuff (leather sock) or a na'l (sandal) that does not cover below the ankle?
Is it permissible to wipe over one's shoes after taking them off and putting them on again while keeping the socks on, and is it a condition that the shoes cover the ankles for wiping over them to be permissible?
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?
What is the ruling on wiping over a sock if it slips down due to movement and is then pulled back up without being removed?
What is the wisdom behind limiting the number of wives to four, and why was the number not fewer or more?
Is it a condition stipulated by the Hanbalis for the permissibility of wiping over the khuffs or socks that they do not give volume or define the shape of the feet?
Is a servant sinful if he wipes over his socks all the time in winter due to the severe cold, taking into consideration removing them after a day and a night?
What is the ruling on washing the feet in ablution, and do the Qur'anic verses permit wiping over them, or wiping over socks?
Is it permissible to wipe over wool or cotton socks during ablution after washing the feet in the first ablution, due to diabetes which prevents frequent exposure of the feet to water?
What is the ruling on wiping over socks during ablution (wudu') in the Maliki school of thought, and what is the ruling on praying behind someone who performed ablution by wiping over his socks?
Which part of the body is obligatory to wash sometimes in minor ablution, but not at other times, and how does the ruling concerning its washing change?
Is it obligatory to repeat the prayers after discovering a tear the size of a fingertip in a sock that was thought to be covering?
What is the ruling on ablution if wiping the hair causes health problems such as dandruff and headaches?
Is the duration of wiping over the khuffs calculated from the time they are worn, or from the first wiping after an event (hadath)? And does the wiping period for a resident end at dawn or asr the following day?
What is meant by the condition of being able to walk in the socks to wipe over them? Does that mean they are not torn or falling off? If so, what kind of surface is intended? And what is meant by the condition that water does not immediately penetrate them? Is it meant pouring water or wiping with wet hands? And is it permissible to wipe over two layers of thin socks if they meet the conditions?
What is entailed for one who led the people in prayer after wiping over his leather socks, believing he had put them on while in a state of purity, then it became clear to him that he had put them on without having performed ablution?
Is it permissible to wipe over the leather socks (khuffayn) when performing ablution (wudu') for the purpose of lightening the ritual impurity (janabah)?
Does one's ablution become nullified by passing wind after fully donning one's socks and completing the ablution, or by entering the restroom before prayer time, such that one must remove the socks and repeat the ablution, or is it permissible to wipe over the socks?
What is the meaning of a thick, dense sock, and the possibility of continuing to walk, and how sound is the argument based on Al-Nawawi's statement regarding the permissibility of wiping over thin socks?
Is it permissible to wipe over socks after oiling the feet, putting a bag over them, and then putting on the socks?
Is it permissible to wipe over the socks for the 'Isha prayer if the preceding ablution for the Fajr prayer was separated from it by a tayammum due to the unavailability of water during the day?