Chapter: Wiping over Leather Socks (khuffs)

Anyone who performs wuduʾ in full and then puts on his khuffs may, whenever he later breaks his ablution, wipe over them. One may not wipe unless he inserted his feet into the khuffs while both were clean and his wuduʾ was complete.

Whoever puts on khuffs after performing dry ablution (tayammum) may not wipe over them. The same ruling applies to someone who dons one khuff before he has finished washing both feet: according to the well-known position in Mālik’s school he may not wipe, although another opinion allows it, arguing that each foot entered the khuff only after it had been purified.

If he removes a khuff from one foot and then puts it back on, he may—by unanimous agreement—resume wiping over the pair.

Men and women, travellers and residents are all the same with respect to this concession: each may wipe as he wishes, with no fixed time limit, provided the khuffs rise above the ankles and are not excessively torn; slight damage is overlooked.

It is impermissible to wipe over a khuff that does not reach the ankle. Once it covers the ankle the wearer may wipe over it, and its shortness above that point causes no harm.

A pilgrim in the state of iḥrām may not wipe over khuffs unless he is forced to wear them. In that case he may put them on, pay the required fidyah (expiation), and then wipe. If he wears them without necessity, he may not wipe, for he has sinned by donning them.

The short khuffs that a muḥrim is permitted to wear are ineligible for wiping by anyone, because they fall below the ankles. Nevertheless, Abū Muṣʿab relates from Mālik that he allowed the muḥrim to wipe over his khuffs even when they are below that height.