Ablution in the Western Toilet
Sunday, November 09, 2008 | Author: Muhammad Al Adib

According to the western culture, you cannot wash your feet inside the basin/sink. It's strictly prohibited especially in any public toilet. So, what the best solution to take ablution that required us to wash our feet?

The solution is, we can wipe our socks intead of washing our feet.

Is this permitted by Islamic law? Absolutely, it's permissible either we are on travelling or not.

Therefore, what are the conditions if someone needs to wipe his socks:

1. The socks should have been put on when you are in a state of tahaarah (purity, i.e., when one has wudoo’). Then, for the next ablution taken, you can wipe the socks.

2. The socks should be taahir (clean/pure). If they are naajis (impure) then it is not permissible to wipe over them.

3. The socks may be wiped over when you're purifying yourself from minor impurity (i.e., doing wudoo’ after passing wind, urine or stools), not when you're in a state of janaabah (major impurity following sexual intercourse) or when ghusl is required.

4. The wiping may be done within the time specified by Islamic law, which is one day and one night in the case of one who is not travelling, and three days and three nights in the case of one who is travelling.

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