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 'Aishah about wiping over the leather socks and she said: 'Go to 'Ali and ask him, for he knows more about that than I do.' So I went to 'Ali and asked him about wiping. He said: 'The Messenger of Allah used to tell us that the resident could wipe for one day and one night, and the traveler could do so for three days.'"  

فَقَالَتِ ائْتِ عَلِيًّا فَسَلْهُ فَإِنَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِذَلِكَ مِنِّي فَأَتَيْتُ عَلِيًّا فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ فَقَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نَمْسَحَ لِلْمُقِيمِ يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً وَلِلْمُسَافِرِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ  

"They said: 'O Messenger of Allah! What about the purification of the leather socks?' He said: 'For the traveler it is three days and nights, and for the resident it is one day and one night.'"  

قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الطُّهُورُ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَ لِلْمُسَافِرِ ثَلاَثَةُ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيهِنَّ وَلِلْمُقِيمِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ  

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 came to ʿAʿishah ؓ to ask her about the khuffain (leather slippers). She said: Go to Ibn Abi Talib, for he used to travel with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So I went to him and asked him, and he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ set three days and nights for the traveller and one day and night for one who is not travelling.  

عَلَيْكَ بِابْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍفَاسْأَلْهُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُسَافِرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ جَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيَهُنَّ لِلمُسَافِرِ وَيَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً لِلمُقِيمِ