What is the ruling regarding wearing shoes and performing salaah according to the Hanafi madhab?

Published as Wearing shoes and performing salaah

· 27 Safar 1445 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

What is the ruling regarding wearing shoes and performing salaah according to the Hanafi madhab? Is it permissible? If so, then under which circumstances etc?

Answer

The namaaz will be valid, but definitely performing namaaz in this way is very much discouraged.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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