The word · Worship
المَسْحُ عَلى الخُفَّيْن
Masah al-Khuffayn
Wiping over footwear in wudu instead of washing the feet, once they were put on in purity.
Also written · Masah · Mash ala al-khuffayn · Masah on socks · wiping over socks · wiping over leather socks · Mesh ala khuffain · Khuff · Mest
The meaning
What Masah al-Khuffayn means in Islam
The permission is very widely reported from the Prophet. It lasts one day and night for a resident and three days and nights for a traveller, counted from the first wipe after wudu was broken. It ends with ghusl or with taking the socks off. Whether ordinary cotton socks qualify or only thick leather ones is an old and continuing discussion among scholars.
Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah
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Words that sit beside it
- WuduThe washing done before prayer: face, arms to the elbows, wiping the head, and feet to the ankles.وُضوء
- TaharahRitual purity, the state a person must be in before praying and, for most scholars, before touching the Qur'an.طَهارَة
- QasrShortening the four-rak'ah prayers to two while travelling, and combining two prayers in one time.قَصْرُ الصَّلاة
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