and then puts them on while in a state of complete purification. There is another narration stating that washing his feet suffices, just as if he had removed them. We will mention this and the disagreement regarding it, if Allah the Almighty wills. Al-Hasan said: The wudu is not nullified; he may pray until he breaks his wudu, after which he may no longer wipe until he removes them. Dawud said: He removes his khuffs and does not pray in them, but once he removes them, he may pray until he breaks his wudu; this is because purification is not nullified except by a hadath (ritual impurity), and removing the khuff is not a hadath, nor is the expiration of the duration. Our position is that washing the feet is a condition for prayer, and wiping only stood in its place for the duration; therefore, once it has expired, it is not permissible for it to stand in its place except by evidence. Furthermore, it is a state of purification the initiation of which is not permitted, so its continuation is prohibited, just like tayammum (9) upon seeing water.

80 - Issue: He said: (If he removes them before that, he must repeat the wudu)

This means before the expiration of the duration; if he removes his khuffs after wiping over them, his wudu is nullified. Al-Nakha'i, al-Zuhri, Makhul, al-Awza'i, and Ishaq held this view, and it is one of the two opinions of al-Shafi'i. From Ahmad, there is another narration that washing his feet suffices, which is the school of Abu Hanifa and the second opinion of al-Shafi'i. This is because wiping the khuffs replaced the washing of the feet specifically, so the purification of the two is nullified by what it replaced (1), just as tayammum is nullified upon seeing water; it becomes obligatory to perform what it replaced. This disagreement is built upon the requirement of al-muwalat (succession/immediacy) in wudu. Therefore, whoever permits intermission allows the washing of the feet, because his other limbs have been washed, and nothing remains but the washing of the feet; once he washes them, he completes his wudu. Whoever prohibits intermission deems his wudu nullified due to the loss of al-muwalat. Accordingly, if he were to remove the khuffs before the water on his hands dries, washing his feet would suffice, and it would be as if he removed them before wiping over them. Al-Hasan, Qatada, and Sulayman ibn Harb (2) said: He does not perform wudu and does not wash his feet, because he removed what was wiped over after the completion of purification, so it is similar to...