What condition relates to the footwear being wiped over?
2026-10-13
F130 · Selected fatwas
Shaykh Ibn ʿUthaymīn
الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين
Original Q&A · Full displayed answer
Question 74, pp.116–118, immediately precedes this answer and sets out conditions concerning initial purification, the prescribed period and minor ritual impurity. This answer concerns additional conditions relating to the item itself.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
فضيلة الشيخ، لكن هل هناك شروط تتعلق بالممسوح عليه من خف وجورب؟
الجواب
ليس فيه شروط، اللهم إلا أن يكون طاهرا، فإنه إذا كان نجسا لا يمسح عليه، فلو اتخذ الإنسان خفا من جلد نجس، كجلد الكلاب والسباع، فإنه لا يجوز المسح عليه؛ لأنه نجس، والنجاسة لا يجوز حملها في الصلاة، ولأن النجس لا يزيد مسحه إلا تلويثا.
English translation
English rendering prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic answer. Not an official translation.
Original question
Esteemed Shaykh, are there conditions relating to the leather footwear or socks being wiped over?
Answer
There are no conditions concerning it except that it must be pure. If it is impure, it must not be wiped over. If a person makes leather footwear from impure hide, such as the hide of dogs or predatory animals, it is not permissible to wipe over it, because it is impure. Impurity must not be carried in prayer, and wiping something impure only increases its contamination.
Source and editorial notes
Fiqh al-ʿIbādāt, 13th edition, 1441 AH, question 75, p.118
فقه العبادات
Fiqh al-ʿIbādāt
Arabic transcribed and compared against the cited scan and adjacent context.