less, it is permissible. The Hasan said something similar. Malik said: If it is extensive and excessive, it is not permissible; otherwise, it is permitted. They relied upon the generality of the hadith, and upon the fact that it is a khuff in which it is possible to continuously walk, so it resembles an intact one. Also, because the majority of the Arabs' khuffs were torn, yet the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) commanded wiping upon them without qualification, so it refers to the khuffs that were commonly worn by them. Our argument is that it is not a covering for the foot, so wiping upon it is not permissible, just as if it were extensive and excessive, or by analogy to other than the khuff. Also, the rule regarding what is exposed is washing, and what is covered is wiping; so if both are combined, the rule of washing prevails, just as if one of his feet were uncovered.
Section: Wiping is not permissible upon wraps and rags. Ahmad explicitly stated this. It was said to him: The people of the mountain wrap their feet with wraps up to the middle of the leg? He said: Wiping upon that does not suffice him, unless it is a jawrab. That is because the wrap does not remain stable by itself; it only remains stable by tying it, and we know of no disagreement regarding this.
88 - Issue: He [Ibn Qudama] said: (And he wipes upon the top of the foot.)
The Sunnah is to wipe the top of the khuff, not its underside or its heel. Thus, he places his hand on the position of the toes, then draws it to his leg in a line with his fingers. If he wipes from his leg to his toes, it is permissible, but the first is the sunnah. It is not prescribed to wipe its underside or its heel. This is the opinion of 'Urwa, 'Ata', al-Hasan, al-Nakha'i, al-Thawri, al-Awza'i, Ishaq, the scholars of opinion (ashab al-ra'y), and Ibn al-Mundhir. It was narrated from Sa'd that he held the view of wiping its top and its bottom. This was also narrated from Ibn 'Umar, 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, al-Zuhri, Makhul, Ibn al-Mubarak, Malik, and al-Shafi'i, based on what al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba narrated: I performed ablution for the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), and he wiped the top and bottom of the khuff. Narrated by Ibn Majah. Also, because it is adjacent to the place of the obligatory wash, so it resembles its top. Our argument is the statement of...
(3) Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: "The correct view is that one may wipe upon wraps, and they are more deserving of being wiped upon than the khuff and the jawrab." See his argumentation for this in al-Fatawa 21/185.
(1) In: Chapter on Wiping the Top and Bottom of the Khuff, from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/183. It was also recorded by al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter on Wiping upon the Two Khuffs, their Top and Bottom, from the Chapters on Purification. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/146.
