A new book titled “verifying the authenticity of wiping over socks”

The unanimous consensus of the Ummah has it that Solaat is the most cogent practical worship in Islam; just as the consensus states Solaat cannot be deemed correct if the ablution is void. The key to a correct Solaat is ablution; while the key to a correct ablution is making it in the way described by Allah and practiced by His Prophet.

Washing of the feet has been emphatically mentioned in the Qur’an as among the areas to be washed during ablution.

The introduction of socks in the 8th century BC, whereby the Ancient Greeks wore socks called “piloi”, which were made from matted animal hair; and up till date, socks has been introduced and accepted as part of the wears of Muslims, especially female Muslims.

This book aims to discuss the Islamic ruling regarding how to relate with the socks during ablution. We have the common opinion that we are to wipe socks during ablution; is this widely held opinion a correct one upon verification?

Likewise is the act of some people who even wipe their feet during ablution; the differences between khuff (leather sandal) and jawrab (socks) and their conditions; ahadeeth on wiping of jawrab; responses to the narrations; ruling and conditions of wiping over a jawrab in light of the four Madh-hab; the argument of Qiyaas (analogy), rukhsah (legal permission), and inconvenience in ibaadaat. This book gives more clarity on these.

Aside using the Qur’an and noble ahadeeth of the Prophet as references, this book also gives high regard to the efforts of numerous great luminaries who came in the past twelve hundred years. They too traversed the earth, enduring hunger and pains in the quest of knowledge. These great scholars (of Madh-hab) spent their entire lives thoroughly scrutinising every verdict of Imams before them to ensure its authenticity (just as we also are scrutinizing the claim of wiping over socks).

It would be highly illogical for us now to independently seek evidences from Qur’an and ahadeeth only when the cake is already baked (without considering valid opinions/explanations of schools of thought). This is an extremely daunting task, which requires years, nay lives of dedication, commitment, perseverance and great effort. In fact, many ahadeeth are not even at our disposal today. When the tartars invaded Baghdad, they burnt down thousands of libraries and destroyed so much literature that the entire river Dajla turned black with the ink. This led to the loss to numerous narrations.

I make Du’a that Allah accepts this treatise and may He guide us all to the straight part.

Written by:
Ibn Taofeeq Abdul Azeez

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