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I'm out of the house for most of the day either for school or work. When I need to make wudu there are times when I get to the part of washing my feet I just spray water over my shoes three times each.
I know it's not a proper wudu but I was told that sometimes we do what we can and leave the rest for God.
Even if it's a public bathroom (I know some people here (in this country) won't understand what I'm doing) do I still do the cleansing the proper way or is what I do sufficient?
You should do proper wodu to be in the purity state (Tahara) in order to perform your prayers. Sharee'a is dynamic; if it's difficult to wash your feet in public, you can wipe over your socks (under some conditions) once with your wet hand and your wodu' will still be proper. Prophet Muhammad did that, as well as his followers.
This is a complete fatwa about the conditions, they're easy anyway, I can summaries as:
Notice the following scenario: Make wodu' and wash your feet - put on socks - go to the toilet - Make wodu' and wipe over your socks .. you can then pray normally. At this point, if you took off your socks, your wodu' is over! Even if you did not break it. So your socks should be on to preserve your wodu' when you're out of home.
PS: I normally make wodu' when i get up in the morning, wear my socks, goto work, wipe over my socks for the next four prayers :) It's an everyday scenario.
Another PS: Please dont say "do what we can and leave the rest for God". If you are (really) unable to do it, then Allah would not have made it a command. Islam is easy and dynamic, just ask how to do it.
