We are not aware of any disagreement among the people of knowledge that anyone who has not wiped until he travels shall complete the wiping of a traveler; this is due to the saying of the Prophet (peace be upon him): "The traveler wipes for three days and their nights." He was a traveler at the time he began wiping. His statement: "since the hadath occurred," means that the duration begins from the time he had the hadath after putting on the khuffs. This is the manifest position of the school of Ahmad, and it is the school of al-Thawri, al-Shafi'i, and the Ashab al-Ra'y. Another narration is reported from Ahmad that its duration begins from the time he wiped after having the hadath, and this is reported from 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Al-Khallal reported from him that he said: "Wipe until the same time you wiped." In another wording he said: "The traveler wipes until the hour in which he performed wudu." Ahmad argued using the apparent meaning of the hadith, the saying of the Prophet (peace be upon him): "The traveler wipes over his khuffs for three days and their nights." And because the time before wiping is a duration during which prayer is not permitted by wiping the khuffs, it is not calculated as part of the duration, just like the time before the hadath. Al-Sha'bi, Abu Thawr, and Ishaq said: The resident wipes for five prayers and does not exceed that. Our position is what was transmitted by al-Qasim ibn Zakariyya al-Mutarriz in the hadith of Safwan: "From the hadath to the hadath." And because the time after the hadath is a period in which wiping is permitted, it is [counted] from its time, as it is after wiping, and the report meant that he makes wiping lawful [at that time], not the act of it itself. And Allah knows best. As for limiting it by the number of prayers, it is not correct because the Prophet (peace be upon him) only limited it by time, not by the action. Based on this, a resident could potentially perform six prayers by wiping: he delays the prayer, then wipes and performs it, and on the second day he performs it early, praying it at the beginning of its time before the expiration of the wiping duration. If he has an excuse that permits joining prayers, such as from travel or otherwise, it is possible for him to pray seven prayers.

82 - Issue: He said: (And if he has a hadath while a resident, then wipes while a resident, then travels, he completes the wiping of a resident, then removes them.)