[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whenever someone leaves their home in search of knowledge, the angels lower their wings in approval of what they are doing." He was asked about wiping over the socks. He replied, "Yes, I was amongst the army that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent, and he commanded us to wipe over our socks three times, for cleanliness, during travel for up to three days and nights, and during staying in a place for one day and one night. We do not take them off except when in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah)." He also said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'There is a gate open for repentance in the west, the distance of a journey of seventy years, which will not be closed until the sun rises from the west.'"  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ خَارِجٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتٍ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًا بِمَا يَصْنَعُ قَالَ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ بِالْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ فِي الْجَيْشِ الَّذِينَ بَعَثَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَمْسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ إِذَا نَحْنُ أَدْخَلْنَاهُمَا عَلَى طُهْرٍ ثَلَاثًا إِذَا سَافَرْنَا وَيَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً إِذَا أَقَمْنَا وَلَا نَخْلَعَهُمَا مِنْ غَائِطٍ وَلَا بَوْلٍ وَلَا نَوْمٍ وَلَا نَخْلَعَهُمَا إِلَّا مِنْجَنَابَةٍ قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ بِالْمَغْرِبِ بَابًا مَفْتُوحًا لِلتَّوْبَةِ مَسِيرَتُهُ سَبْعُونَ سَنَةً لَا يُغْلَقُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ نَحْوِهِ  

[Machine] What brought you here? I said, I came to seek knowledge. He said, I have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Whenever a person goes out of his house in search of knowledge, the angels lower their wings in approval of what he is doing." I said, I came to ask you about wiping over the socks. He said, Yes, we were in the army that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent. He commanded us to wipe over the socks when we put them on while in a state of purity three times, even if we were traveling and did not remove them due to feces or urine.  

مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ قُلْتُ جِئْتُ أُنْبِطُ الْعِلْمَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ خَارِجٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ يَطْلُبُ الْعِلْمَ إِلَّا وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًا بِمَا يَصْنَعُ» قَالَ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ كُنَّا فِي الْجَيْشِ الَّذِينَ بَعَثَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَمْسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ إِذَا نَحْنُ أَدْخَلْنَاهُمَا عَلَى طُهُورٍ ثَلَاثًا إِذَا سَافَرْنَا وَلَا نَخْلَعُهُمَا مِنْ غَائِطٍ وَلَا بَوْلٍ»  

“I came to Safwan bin ʿAssal Al Muradi to ask him about wiping over the Khuff, so he said: ‘What has brought you, O Zirr?’ So I said: ‘The desire for knowledge.’ So he said: ‘Indeed, the angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge, out of pleasure with what he is seeking.’ So I said: ‘Indeed there is some doubt in my chest concerning wiping over the Khuff after defecation and urination, and you were a man from the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, so I came to you to ask you: Have you heard him ﷺ mention anything concerning that?’ He said: ‘Yes, he ﷺ used to order us, that when we were travelers’ - or - ‘in travel, to not remove our Khuff for three days and nights except, from sexual impurity, but not from defecation, urination, and sleep.’” He said: “Have you heard him ﷺ mention anything concerning love?” He said: “Yes. We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey when a Bedouin with a loud voice called upon him (saying): ‘O Muhammad!’ So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ responded to him with a voice similar to him (saying): ‘Come.’ So we said to him: ‘Lower your voice for you are with the Prophet ﷺ, and you have been prohibited from this.’ He said: ‘By Allah, I will not lower (my voice).’ The Bedouin said: ‘A man loves a people but he is not with them (in terms of deeds)?’ He ﷺ said: ‘A man is with whomever he loves on the Day of Judgement.’” So he did not cease talking with us, until he mentioned a gate in the direction of the west with the width of seventy years journey - or a rider would travel its width - for forty or seventy years.” Sufyan (one of the narrators) said: “In the direction of Ash-Sham, Allah created it the Day He created the heavens and the earth, open - that is, for repentance. It shall not be locked until the sun rises through it.” (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3535)   

مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ قُلْتُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًا بِمَا يَطْلُبُ قَالَ قُلْتُ حَكَّ فِي صَدْرِي مَسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ بَعْدَ الْغَائِطِ وَالْبَوْلِ وَكُنْتُ امْرَأً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُكَ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ هَلْ سَمِعْتَ مِنْهُ فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ «كَانَ يَأْمُرُنَا إِذَا كُنَّا سَفَرًا أَوْ كُنَّا مُسَافِرِينَ أَنْ لَا نَنْزِعَ خِفَافَنَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيَهُنَّ إِلَّا مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَائِطٍ وَبَوْلٍ وَنَوْمٍ» قُلْتُ أَسَمِعْتَهُ يَذْكُرُ الْهَوَى؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ مَعَهُ فِي مَسِيرٍ إِذْ نَادَاهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ بِصَوْتٍ جَهْوَرِيٍّ أَوْ قَالَ جَوْهَرِيٍّ ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ شَكَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَجَابَهُ بِنَحْوٍ مِنْ كَلَامِهِ فَقَالَ «مَهْ» قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا أَحَبَّ قَوْمًا وَلَمْ يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ؟ قَالَ «هُوَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ» قَالَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُحَدِّثُنَا حَتَّى قَالَ «إِنَّ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَغْرِبِ بَابًا مَسِيرَةُ عَرْضِهِ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً فَتَحَهُ اللهُ لِلتَّوْبَةِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَلَا يُغْلِقُهُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ نَحْوِهِ»  

[Machine] What brought you here?" I said, "To seek knowledge." He said, "Shall I not give you glad tidings?" I said, "Of course." So he raised the hadith and said, "Verily, the angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge, pleased with what he seeks." Then he asked him about wiping over the footwear, so he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: 'The traveler wipes over his footwear for three days and nights from urine, feces, or sleep, but not from sexual impurity.' Then he began to inform us, and he said, 'While we were with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on a journey when a Bedouin called out to him with a loud voice, saying, 'O Muhammad, O Muhammad, O Muhammad!' So I said to him, 'Lower your voice, for you have been commanded not to raise your voice.' So the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, responded to him according to what he had heard from him, saying, 'Here I am.' Then he asked him about love for a people when he is encompassed by them, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, 'A person is with those whom he loves.' Then he began to inform us, and he said, 'The gate of repentance is open from the west, its width is the travel of seventy years, and it will not be closed until the sun rises from its direction.' Then he recited this verse, 'Do they await except that the angels should come to them?'"  

مَا جَاءَ بِكَ فَقُلْتُ ابْتِغَاءَ الْعِلْمِ فَقَالَ أَلَا أُبَشِّرُكَ؟ فَقُلْتُ بَلَى فَرَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَضَعُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا لِطَالِبِ الْعِلْمِ رِضًى بِمَا يَطْلُبُ» ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَمْسَحُ الْمُسَافِرُ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيَهُنَّ مِنْ بَوْلٍ أَوْ غَائِطٍ أَوْ نَوْمٍ لَا مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُنَا فَقَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ إِذْ نَادَاهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ بِصَوْتٍ لَهُ جَهْوَرِيٌّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ اخْفِضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ فَإِنَّكَ نُهِيتَ أَنْ تَرْفَعَ صَوْتَكَ فَأَجَابَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى نَحْوٍ مِمَّا سَمِعَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ «هَاؤُمُ» ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْهَوَى عَنِ الْمَرْءِ يُحِبُّ الْقَوْمَ لَمَّا يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ» ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُنَا فَقَالَ «بَابُ التَّوْبَةِ مَفْتُوحٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَعَرْضُهُ مَسِيرَةُ سَبْعِينَ عَامًا لَا يُغْلَقُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah has opened a door from the west, its width spans seventy autumns for repentance. It will not be closed until the sun rises from its west. And no person seeks knowledge in the morning or in the evening except that the angels spread their wings in approval of his actions." The Arabs then said, "O Prophet of Allah, did Allah not give one specific quality that is better?" He replied, "Good character." They then asked him, "Do you seek treatment?" He replied, "Did you not know that the One who sent down illness also sent down its cure? There is no illness that Allah has sent down except that He has also sent down its cure, except for one illness." They then asked, "O Prophet of Allah, what is it?" He replied, "Old age." He then said, "For the traveler, they can wipe over their socks for three days, and for the resident, one day and one night."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ فَتَحَ بَابًا مِنَ الْمَغْرِبِ مِسَاحَتُهُ سَبْعُونَ خَرِيفًا لِلتَّوْبَةِ لَمْ يُغْلِقْهُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا وَمَا غَدَا رَجُلٌ يَلْتَمِسُ عِلْمًا إِلَّا أَفْرَشَتْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضًى بِمَا يَعْمَلُ قَالَتِ الْعَرَبُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ أَلَمْ يُعْطِ اللهُ عَبْدًا خَلَّةً وَاحِدَةً خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «حُسْنُ خُلُقٍ» ثُمَّ قَالُوا لَهُ أَنَتَدَاوَى؟ قَالَ «هَلْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ الدَّاءَ أَنْزَلَ الدَّوَاءَ أَوْ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ دَاءٌ إِلَّا أَنْزَلَ لَهُ دَوَاءً إِلَّا دَاءً وَاحِدًا» فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ فَمَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ «الْهَرَمُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «لِلْمُسَافِرِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى خُفَّيْهِ وَلِلْمُقِيمِ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ»  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "No one goes out of his house seeking knowledge except that the angels spread their wings for him, pleased with what he does." He said, "I came to ask you about wiping over the two socks." He said, "Yes, I was in the army that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent, and he commanded us to wipe over the two socks when we put them on in a state of purity, three times when we traveled, and for the duration of a night when we stayed, and we did not remove them for urination, defecation, sleep, or except from janabah." He said, "And I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Indeed, at Maghrib there is an open gate for repentance, its distance is seventy years, and it does not close until the sun rises from its direction.'"  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ خَارِجٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا وَضَعَتْ لَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَجْنِحَتَهَا رِضَاءً بِمَا يَصْنَعُ قَالَ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ قَالَ نَعَمْ كُنْتُ فِي الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي بَعَثَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَمْسَحَ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ إِذَا نَحْنُ أَدْخَلْنَاهُمَا عَلَى طُهْرٍ ثَلَاثًا إِذَا سَافَرْنَا وَلَيْلَةً إِذَا أَقَمْنَا وَلَا نَخْلَعَهُمَا مِنْ بَوْلٍ وَلَا غَائِطٍ وَلَا نَوْمٍ وَلَا نَخْلَعَهُمَا إِلَّا مِنْ جَنَابَةٍ قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ بِالْمَغْرِبِ بَابًا مَفْتُوحًا لِلتَّوْبَةِ مَسِيرَتُهُ سَبْعُونَ سَنَةً لَا يُغْلَقُ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ نَحْوِهِ