Muhammad ibn Isma‘il said: The best thing reported on this topic is the hadith of Safwan ibn ‘Assal.

This is the view of the scholars among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, the Followers, and the jurists after them, such as Sufyan al-Thawri, Ibn al-Mubarak, al-Shafi‘i, Ahmad, and Ishaq. They said: The resident wipes for one day and one night, and the traveler for three days and their nights.

It has been reported from some people of knowledge that they did not set a time limit for wiping over the leather socks, and this is the view of Malik ibn Anas. But the setting of a time limit is more correct.

This hadith has also been reported from Safwan ibn ‘Assal through other than the chain of ‘Asim.

It was mentioned that Yahya ibn Ma‘in said: The hadith of Khuzaymah ibn Thabit from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, concerning wiping is a sound hadith.

72 - Chapter on wiping over the leather socks, their upper part and their lower part

97 - Abu al-Walid al-Dimashqi narrated to us, he said: al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us, he said: Thawr ibn Yazid informed me, from Raja’ ibn Haywah, from the scribe of al-Mughirah—

= And a copy in the margin of (B). The author also cited this report in al-‘Ilal al-Kabir 1/172–173: al-Qasim ibn Dinar al-Kufi narrated to us, Husayn ibn ‘Ali narrated to us, from Za’idah, with this chain, then he said after it: I asked Muhammad ibn Isma‘il about this hadith, and he said: The hadith of Khuzaymah ibn Thabit concerning wiping is not authentic in my view, because no hearing of Abu ‘Abdullah al-Jadali from Khuzaymah ibn Thabit is known.