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Sunan Abi Dawud 151 — Leave the Socks, They Were Put on Clean
Wiping Over The Khuff
Hadith About Wiping Over Socks After Wudu
Sunan Abi Dawud : 151
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 151
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، يَذْكُرُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي رَكْبِهِ وَمَعِي إِدَاوَةٌ فَخَرَجَ لِحَاجَتِهِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ فَتَلَقَّيْتُهُ بِالإِدَاوَةِ فَأَفْرَغْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ وَوَجْهَهُ ثُمَّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخْرِجَ ذِرَاعَيْهِ وَعَلَيْهِ جُبَّةٌ مِنْ صُوفٍ مِنْ جِبَابِ الرُّومِ ضَيِّقَةُ الْكُمَّيْنِ فَضَاقَتْ فَادَّرَعَهُمَا ادِّرَاعًا ثُمَّ أَهْوَيْتُ إِلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ لأَنْزِعَهُمَا فَقَالَ لِي " دَعِ الْخُفَّيْنِ فَإِنِّي أَدْخَلْتُ الْقَدَمَيْنِ الْخُفَّيْنِ وَهُمَا طَاهِرَتَانِ " . فَمَسَحَ عَلَيْهِمَا . قَالَ أَبِي قَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ شَهِدَ لِي عُرْوَةُ عَلَى أَبِيهِ وَشَهِدَ أَبُوهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
‘Urwah b. al-Mughirah reported his father as saying : We accompanied the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to a caravan, and I had a jug of water. He went to relieve himself and came back. I came to him with the jug of water and poured upon him. He washed his hands and face. He had a tight-sleeved Syrian woolen gown. He tried to get his forearms out, but the sleeve of the gown was very narrow, so he brought his hands out from under the gown. I then bent down to take off his socks. But he said to me : Leave them, for my feet were clean when I put them in, and he only wiped over them. Yunus said on the authority of al-Sha’bi that ‘Urwah narrated his tradition from his father before him, and his father reported it from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
[1] This is an endorsement for the chain, that came after the narration, since they are all the narrators of it; 'Urwah bin Al-Mughīrah bin Shu'bah , who narrated it from his father Al-Mughīrah bin Shu'bah .Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 151In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 151English translation : Book 1, Hadith 151
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 151
This hadith about wiping over socks after wudu gives an important detail in the Prophet’s own words. Al-Mughirah came with water and poured it for the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم). The Prophet washed his hands and face. Because his Syrian woolen gown had tight sleeves, he brought his hands out from under the gown to wash his forearms. Al-Mughirah then bent down to remove the socks, but the Prophet told him to leave them, saying that his feet had been clean when he put them in. He then wiped over them. The core message is not just that he wiped over socks, but that the socks were worn while the feet were in a clean state. The narration is practical and easy to understand.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) wiped over his socks in this report.
- He told Al-Mughirah not to remove them.
- The reason given was that his feet were clean when he put them on.
- The hadith shows careful service and clear instruction during wudu.
