Most of them decided this condition but it was mentioned...

Most of them decided this condition but it was mentioned that Malik had considered it as not necessary.[^12] They disagreed in this concern about one, who washed his feet and put on his slippers and then completed his wudu’ that if he would be satisfied with washing his feet or he had to wipe over the slippers. There were two different sayings.[^13] Among the contradictions of wiping over the slippers was taking off the slippers.

Some said that one would remain pure if he took his slippers off until he committed something invalidating his wudu’ and he didn’t have to wash his feet.[^14] Some said that one’s purity would be invalidated as soon as he took his slippers off.[^15] Others said that one would remain pure if he washed his feet after taking off the slippers but if he offered the prayer without washing his feet he would have to offer the prayer again after washing his feet[^16] besides other different sayings and beliefs concerning wiping over the slipper, which we didn’t want to detail them in this chapter.

The Shia believed, according to their infallible imams (s), that wiping over the slippers was impermissible whether in travel or in residence. Our evidence for that was the saying of Allah the Almighty: ( …and wipe your heads and your feet to the ( two ) ankles ) . Allah had ordered to wipe the feet themselves so who had decided to wipe over the slippers? Was this Quranic verse annulled? Was it allegorical? Certainly not!

It was one of the decisive verses of the Quran according to the consensus of the umma. The interpreters agreed upon that no verse of sura of al-Ma’ida, which included this verse of wudu’, was annulled except one verse ( O you who believe! do not violate the signs appointed by Allah… )[^17] 5:2.

The traditions talking about wiping over the slippers were not evidenced by the Shia according to the conditions determining the rightfulness of traditions besides other things that showed the weakness of those traditions: First: those traditions contradicted the Quran and the true traditions of the Prophet (s). The Prophet (s) said: “If someone narrates a tradition to you pretending that I have said it, you are to compare it to the Quran.

If it complies with the Quran, then you are to accept it but if not then you are to deny it.”[^18] Second: those traditions contradicted themselves and contradicted each other; therefore much disagreement happened between those, who acted according to them and tried to justify them in a way or another.