The ruling on the testimony of one who lets his garment hang below the ankles, shaves his beard, or smokes

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Does the one who shaves his beard, or lets his garment hang below the ankles, or smokes, count among the open sinners whose testimony is not accepted in marriage or otherwise? And if they are not such, what is meant by the open sinner according to the jurists?

Answer:
The one who lets his garment hang below the ankles, down to below the ankles, is an open sinner, because he is committing a major sin, for the open sinner is the one who commits a major sin, and letting the garment hang below the ankles is a major sin among the major sins. So the one who persists in letting his garment hang below the ankles is an open sinner, and his guardianship over a woman is not valid. As for shaving the beard and, as for the drinking of tobacco, these are sins; these are sins that do not amount to open sinfulness. They are forbidden sins, but they do not reach the level of open sinfulness.