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 Messenger of Allah 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.  

عَلَيْكَ بِابْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَسَلْهُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ فَقَالَ جَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيَهُنَّ لِلْمُسَافِرِ وَيَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً لِلْمُقِيمِ قَالَ وَكَانَ سُفْيَانُ إِذَا ذَكَرَ عَمْرًا أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ  

I asked ʿAʿishah about wiping over the khuff (leather slippers) and she said. Ask ‘Ali, for he knows more that than me; he used to travel with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So I asked ‘Ali ؓ and he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿFor the traveller, three days and nights; for the one who is not travelling one day and night.ʿ A similar report was narrated from ‘Ali ؓ from The Prophet ﷺ  

سَلْ عَلِيًّا فَإِنَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِهَذَا مِنِّي كَانَ يُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَسَأَلْتُ عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلْمُسَافِرِ ثَلاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ وَلِلْمُقِيمِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ  

I asked ʿA’ishah about wiping over the khuffain (leather slippers) and she said: Ask ʿAli bin Abi Talib ؓ , for he used to travel with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So I asked him and he said: For the traveller (the khuffain in may be wiped over) for three days and nights and for the one who is not travelling one day and night. Yahya said: He - meaning Shuʿbah - used to attribute it to the Prophet ﷺ, then he stopped doing that.  

سَلْ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِلْمُسَافِرِ ثَلاثَةُأَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ وَلِلْمُقِيمِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ قَالَ يَحْيَى وَكَانَ يَرْفَعُهُ يَعْنِي شُعْبَةَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ  

I asked ʿAʿishah ؓ about wiping over the khuffain. She said: “Ask ‘Ali, for he knows more about that than me. He used to travel with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” So I asked ‘Ali ؓ and he said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿFor one who is not travelling, one day and night; and for the traveller, three days and nights.ʿ  

سَلْ عَلِيًّا فَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهَذَا مِنِّي هُوَ كَانَ يُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلْتُ عَلِيًّا فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلمُقِيمِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ وَلِلمُسَافِرِ ثَلاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ  

" عَنْ شُرَيح بنِ هَانِئِ قَالَ: سألتُ عائِشَة عن المَسْح عَلَى الخُفَّيْنِ، فَقَالَت:

إِيتِ عَلِيًّا فإِنَّهُ أعْلَمُ بِذَلِكَ مِنِّى كَان يُسَافِرُ مع رسولِ الله ﷺ فَسَلهُ، فَأتَيْتُ عَلِيا فَسَألتُهُ فَقَالَ: كان رسولُ الله ﷺ يَأمُرُنَا أن يَمسَح المُقِيمُ يَومًا وَلَيلَة، وَالمُسَافِرُ ثَلاَثةَ أيام وَلَيالِيهِنَّ".

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