Question
Some Muftis, especially in India and Pakistan, including Hazrat Mufti Taqi Saheb Uthmani also examined sealskin socks and deemed them impermissible (i.e. for masah). According to them the condition of imsaak (being thick enough to remain on the shin without any added fastener) is not found because thin elastic bands sewn into the socks are holding them up. Furthermore, the condition of being able to walk for several kilometres without them tearing is also questionable. A brother who used them whilst in Jamaat showed me that the threads at the bottom and the seams were already coming out in spite of using them with shoes. When such doubts are created, should one not exercise caution by advising people to abstain from making masah on these socks, especially when such an important ibaadat as Salaat is at stake?
Answer
Yes, it is best to advise people to abstain from making masah on these new type of socks which some say are the equivalent of khuffain. We have not examined these socks, hence we cannot comment with certitude. However, since senior Muftis in Pakistan and India have examined and failed these socks, caution dictates that masah be declared impermissible.
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- themajlis.co.za
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- The Majlis Vol 20 No 11
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