Question:-
A person wearing a moon boot is unable to remove it to wash his feet in Wudhu. He therefore makes Masah on the boot. Does he have to wash the other leg or is making Masah on it sufficient?
Answer:-
Since a person wearing a moon boot is unable to wash his leg (as removing the boot is not possible), the act of passing his wet hands over that particular foot (referred to as Masah) will suffice.
وَإِذَا زَادَتْ الْجَبِيرَةُ عَلَى نَفْسِ الْجِرَاحَةِ فَإِنْ ضَرَّهُ الْحَلُّ وَالْمَسْحُ مَسَحَ عَلَى الْكُلِّ تَبَعًا مَعَ الْقُرْحَةِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَضُرَّاهُ غَسَلَ مَا حَوْلِهَا وَمَسَحَهَا نَفْسَهَا ، وَإِنْ ضَرَّهُ الْمَسْحُ لَا الْحَلُّ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى الْخِرْقَةِ الَّتِي عَلَى رَأْسِ الْجُرْحِ وَيَغْسِلُ مَا حَوْلَهَا تَحْتَ الْخِرْقَةِ الزَّائِدَةِ إذْ الثَّابِتُ بِالضَّرُورَةِ يَتَقَدَّرُ بِقَدْرِهَا ، وَلَمْ أَرَ لَهُمْ مَا إذَا ضَرَّهُ الْحَلُّ لَا الْمَسْحُ لِظُهُورِ أَنَّهُ حِينَئِذٍ يَمْسَحُ عَلَى الْكُلِّ ، وَهَكَذَا الْكَلَامُ فِي الْعِصَابَةِ إنْ ضَرَّهُ (فتح القدير ص161 ج1)
Now, if he performs a complete Wudhu, makes Masah over the foot on which he is wearing the moonboot and washes the other foot, then he qualifies to wear a leather sock on the other foot. He may now make Masah over the leather socks when making Wudhu.
ALLAH TA’ALA KNOWS BEST!
ANSWERED BY:
Mufti Mohammed Desai
Date: 29 JUmad-al-Ula 1443 / 03 January 2022
