What is the ruling on the prayer of a man who wears trousers, and every time he prostrates, his garment slips up until his private parts are exposed?

The questioner : Regarding the garment slipping off the private parts, this question is a follow-up to the previous one, meaning it is not a separate question.

The Shaykh : Ah, meaning this does not count.

The questioner : Yes, for example, we see in the mosques those who wear these trousers... when they prostrate, the garment slips off their back.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : So it is exposed, is his prayer valid or is there something wrong with it?

The Shaykh : Of course, you mean the garment slips off, not from his back, but from his private parts.

The questioner : From his private parts, yes.

The Shaykh : Because the back is not a private part.

The questioner : The back is not a private part?

The Shaykh : The back is not a private part.

The questioner : Meaning from the navel to the knees, from the front only.

The Shaykh : No, front and back, but what is opposite the navel on the other side is not the back; the back is...

The questioner : Not the upper back.

The Shaykh : Below the back.

The questioner : Yes, below the back, yes.

The Shaykh : And I am correcting myself now to say that the back is not a private part, because we are discussing the well-known private part that must be covered outside of prayer and inside of prayer; otherwise, the back is, in my view, a private part specific to prayer.

The questioner : Like the shoulders.

The Shaykh : Ah, exactly, because he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , and whoever has only one garment should use it to cover the upper part of his body just as he covers the lower part. But we are speaking about the private part in general. This young man, unfortunately, this is seen often. This is not like a woman who performs the obligatory prayer and then something becomes exposed, as we mentioned, from the soles of her feet. This young man, first, wears clothing that is not in accordance with the Shari'ah; he wears a short shirt whose bottom meets the top of his trousers, which are called pants today. So he barely bends slightly for bowing, let alone prostrating, before the area between the thighs is almost exposed. It is not permissible for him to do that. Originally, he should not wear pants, if that expression is correct. Yes, and if he must, he should make the upper part of these pants cover a large portion of the lower part of the shirt, so that when he bows or prostrates, the shirt does not slip off his private parts from behind.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : And therefore, young people should pay attention to this aspect and purify themselves from violations of the Shari'ah.

The questioner : Okay, is his prayer valid?

The Shaykh : If he knows that he is afflicted with this and then does not correct it, his prayer is not valid. But if it happens to him once and he is not paying attention, and then he is reminded, there is no harm. Even if he knows that he has made it a habit, and that indicates he is not concerned, his prayer is, in my opinion, not valid.

The questioner : And if he is ignorant and does not know, his shirt always slips and he...

The Shaykh : What are we saying? We say, he is reminded. If he is reminded once and twice and then does not pay attention.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes, but if it happens to him and he is not reminded, there is no blame, as in the hadith of the story of 'Amr ibn Abi Sulaym, when the senior Companions led the prayer, including his father, and the woman said after the taslim: "Cover your private parts from us, the private part of your imam." There was no blame on him because he did not know. But if it repeats from the one praying and he does not stop, his prayer is invalid in this case. That is sufficient for you, if Allah wills.

The questioner : It is the last question.

The Shaykh : A greedy man...