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Sahih Muslim, 276a
sahih

Shuraih b. Hani said:

I came to 'A'isha to ask her about wiping over the socks. She said: You better ask ('Ali) son of Abu Talib for he used to travel with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). We asked him and he said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stipulated (the upper limit) of three days and three nights for a traveller and one day and one night for the resident.

وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا الثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْمُلاَئِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُخَيْمِرَةَ، عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ، قَالَ أَتَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ أَسْأَلُهَا عَنِ الْمَسْحِ، عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ فَقَالَتْ عَلَيْكَ بِابْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَسَلْهُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ فَقَالَ جَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيَهُنَّ لِلْمُسَافِرِ وَيَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً لِلْمُقِيمِ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَكَانَ سُفْيَانُ إِذَا ذَكَرَ عَمْرًا أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ‏.‏

References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 2, Hadith 105
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 2, Hadith 537 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
Islam is a religion of ease that takes people’s conditions during worship into consideration. As a result, it allows the traveler and resident to wipe over (with water) their leather slippers (khuff) instead of washing their feet. In this hadith, Shureih ibn Hane' asked 'A'isha, Mother of the Believers about the duration and conditions of wiping over (with water) the leather slippers instead of washing one's feet. She guided him to ask Ali ibn Abi Taleb, for he used to travel with the Prophet (ﷺ). Ali told him that the Prophet (ﷺ) appointed three days for a traveler and one day for a resident to wipe over their leather slippers. After the appointed duration ends, they both should take off the leather slippers to wash their feet. Afterward, they wear them and resume wiping over them. To wipe over the leather slippers, a Muslim should wear them after performing a complete ablution, as stated in the hadith narrated by Al-Mughirah ibn Shu’bah in the Two Sahihs in which he said, "When I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) on a journey, I dashed to take off his socks (so he could wash his feet) but he said, 'Leave them, for I wore them after performing ablution.' So he wiped over them." Finally, this hadith contains the following benefits: (1) It clarifies the Companions' supreme etiquette, and (2) People's questions about Islam should be forwarded to the more knowledgeable scholars..
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