{"id":10922,"date":"2019-02-26T18:05:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T18:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=10922"},"modified":"2019-03-06T21:40:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T21:40:34","slug":"the-rulings-of-masah-over-cotton-socks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/the-rulings-of-masah-over-cotton-socks\/","title":{"rendered":"The rulings of masah over cotton socks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 02705<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by:&nbsp;Moulana Tahsin Alam <\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><u><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Asalamualaikum<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">I wear cotton socks at college in the USA. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">It is very difficult to make wudu in the public toilet since the taps are automated motion censored. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Also, sometimes I don&#39;t get enough time to remove shoes and make wudu and dry my feet and come out in a public toilet.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">In this situation, is <\/span><\/span><i><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">masah<\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"> over socks permitted, if I wear clean socks, after making wudu?<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>\u0628\u0650\u0633\u0652\u0645\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0645\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0650\u064a\u0652\u0645<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Walaikumusalam<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The \u1e24anaf\u012b <\/span><em><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">ma<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><em>z<\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><em>hab<\/em><em> <\/em>only permits wiping over thick socks, the definition of which is:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Non-transparent (can&rsquo;t see the foot under the sock when worn).<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Walking in them for three miles without the socks tearing is possible.<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Able to stand upright without external help (being tied with string etc.)once worn.<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Water does not seep through them.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\" title=\"\">[1]<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">If your cotton socks are of such standards, then they will be permissible for <em>masah<\/em>. If not, we would request you to purchase the <em>khufayn<\/em> (leather socks) or waterproof socks such as &lsquo;Sealskinz&rsquo; and &lsquo;Gortex&rsquo; which are readily available.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Only Allah knows best<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Written by Moulana Tahsin Alam<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"ftn1\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">.1 pg. 46.vlBad\u0101i\u02bf al-San\u0101i\u02bf,<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Al-Fiqh al-Isl\u0101mi, vl. 1 pg.498.<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\" title=\"\">[1]<\/a>Al-Hid\u0101<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>yah, vl. 1 pg. 107.<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"ftn1\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"ftn1\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"ftn1\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"ftn1\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Fatwa ID: 02705 Answered by:&nbsp;Moulana Tahsin Alam Question: Asalamualaikum I wear cotton socks at college in the USA. 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