The Length of the Garment: Between Obedience to Parents and Applying the Sunnah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: The Sunnah regarding the garment is for it to be to the middle of the shin, and I am eager to follow the Sunnah, but my parents forbid me from doing so, and they say its length should be above the ankles. So should I obey them, or should I apply the Sunnah and disobey them?
Answer:
Your statement that the Sunnah is for the garment to be to the middle of the shin is incorrect. The Sunnah is for the garment to be from the middle of the shin to the ankle. All of this is Sunnah. All of this is Sunnah. The Sunnah is not limited to the middle of the shin. Rather, it extends to the ankle as well. It is all Sunnah. So if the people of the town wear it to the ankle, wear it to the ankle. Do not differ from them. It would make you stand out among them.
They are upon the Sunnah, and praise be to Allah, their garments are to the ankles; they act according to the Sunnah. So conform to them and act with them, and do not differ from them, for it would make you stand out among them. You are mistaken in this, and the parents are correct in this. They say: Be like the people of the town, and the people of the town are upon the Sunnah, wearing it to the ankle and not letting it hang below the ankle. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: The Sunnah regarding the garment is for it to be to the middle of the shin, and I am eager to follow the Sunnah, but my parents forbid me from doing so, and they say its length should be above the ankles. So should I obey them, or should I apply the Sunnah and disobey them?
Answer:
Your statement that the Sunnah is for the garment to be to the middle of the shin is incorrect. The Sunnah is for the garment to be from the middle of the shin to the ankle. All of this is Sunnah. All of this is Sunnah. The Sunnah is not limited to the middle of the shin. Rather, it extends to the ankle as well. It is all Sunnah. So if the people of the town wear it to the ankle, wear it to the ankle. Do not differ from them. It would make you stand out among them.
They are upon the Sunnah, and praise be to Allah, their garments are to the ankles; they act according to the Sunnah. So conform to them and act with them, and do not differ from them, for it would make you stand out among them. You are mistaken in this, and the parents are correct in this. They say: Be like the people of the town, and the people of the town are upon the Sunnah, wearing it to the ankle and not letting it hang below the ankle. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 31 — archive.org (39:35)
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