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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Juristic Questions Wiping Over Slippers And Socks The Muslim jurisprudents disagreed upon wiping over slippers and socks so widely that we couldn’t discuss all the details in this short chapter. Generally the research concerned its permissibility or impermissibility, specifying its position, time, conditions and contradictions. As for its permissibility, there were three sayings: First: it was permissible at all whether in travel or residence.

Second: it was permissible only in travel and not in residence. Third: it was impermissible at all because it had not been confirmed by the laws of the religion. These three sayings were narrated from the first age (of Islam) and from Malik.[^1] As for specifying its position (on the feet), it was disagreed upon it.

Some said that what was obligatory was wiping the upper side of the slipper and that wiping its lower side was mustahab.[^2] Some said it was obligatory to wipe the upper side and the lower side of the slipper.[^3] Some said it was obligatory to wipe the upper side only and wiping the lower side was neither obligatory nor mustahab.[^4] Some might say that it was optional to choose between wiping the upper side and the lower side.

Which of them was wiped would be obligatory.[^5] As for the position of wiping, those who believed in wiping over the slippers disagreed upon wiping over the socks; some permitted it and others prohibited it.[^6] As for the kind of the slipper, they disagreed upon wiping over the torn slipper; some said it was permissible as long as it was called a slipper even if it was so badly torn;[^7] some prohibited it if there was a tear in the front of the slipper that something of the foot might appear even if it was so little[^8] and some permitted it if the tear was small.[^9] As for the time of wiping, they disagreed upon it too.

Some said it was not timed and that the wearer of the slippers could wipe over them as long as he didn’t take them off or he didn’t become impure.[^10] Some said it was timed with a certain time for the resident and another time for the traveler.[^11] They disagreed upon the kind of travel and its distance. As for the conditions of wiping over the slippers; the feet must be pure (by wudu’) when wearing the slippers.