—minor ritual impurity. Thus, if a person enters a state of major ritual impurity during the period in which wiping is permitted, he may not wipe; rather, he must perform the ritual bath. This is because major ritual impurity does not allow anything to be wiped over—neither as an original concession nor as a subsidiary one—except for a splint, as will follow.

Note:

It has become clear from the foregoing that these three items over which wiping is permitted—the leather sock, the turban, and the woman’s head covering—have conditions common to all of them, as well as conditions specific to each one. The common conditions are:

1. That it be in the case of minor ritual impurity.
2. That the item worn be pure.
3. That it be lawful.
4. That it have been put on while in a state of purification.
5. That the wiping take place within the prescribed period.

This is what the author mentioned, and you have already learned of the scholarly disagreement regarding some of these conditions.

As for the differing conditions: the leather sock must cover the obligatory area, whereas this is not required for the turban or the woman’s head covering. The turban is stipulated to be worn by a man, and the woman’s head covering by a woman; while wiping over leather socks is permissible for both males and females.

“And a splint, ...”

His statement, “and a splint,” means: wiping over a splint is also permissible. A splint is a term in the form of an active participle: it consists of pieces of wood placed over a fracture and then bound around it so that it may heal. Nowadays, plaster is used in its place.

As for the term jabīr (one whose bone has been set), when used of a person with a fracture, it has the meaning of a passive participle—that is, one whose bone has been set.