The hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), traced to the Prophet: "The belt of the believer is at the muscles of his legs, then at the middle of his legs, then at the top of his ankles."
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The questioner : Regarding a case I found in "Musnad al-Imam Ahmad."
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : I would like to take your opinion on it. It is via al-Walid ibn Muslim, and he explicitly stated that he heard it from his shaykh, and from ... and above him, except for approximately the Tabi'i and the Tabi' al-Tabi'in, and it is from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), traced to the Prophet: "The belt of the believer is at the muscles of his legs, then at the middle of his legs, then at the top of his ankles" ... .
The Shaykh : I said to him, I do not know ... Sahl, but what is the consequence of this ... ?
The questioner : ... The ethical meaning is established by this disconnection, or which one, why? ... Established by the raising generally, what is above the leg.
The Shaykh : No problem, may Allah reward you. After it was determined ... the meaning is that it was said, if it is long, this, if it is long - also - does not make it the weaker position, and the stronger position is to the middle of the leg.
The questioner : Many of the words indicate ... the original principle ... permissibility.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner : Because the original principle is the limit in ... .
The Shaykh : Therefore, I recently classified ... , the best is to the middle of the leg, the permissible is to what is above the ankles, the forbidden is to what is below the sole of the foot, this is what I understand, and I do not forget al-Albani's lineage and the lineage of Dussas ... in any case, we benefit ... .
The questioner : ... In its meaning, the preposition and the genitive are connected to the omitted word, the omitted word ... this is known, and what do we estimate it to be? ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, this is not it, may Allah reward you; because if it is long, it is to the ankles, its meaning is in a second limit, but it prefers the first limit over the second. Do you have anything ... ?
The questioner : ... In the hadith in "al-Musnad": "When he saw ... to the ankles ... its men are the men of the authentic hadith, ... most of the hadiths - if not all of them - that contain raising or such or such, as in the hadith of Abu Sa'id ... you see that looking at the texts and their limits ... may help in understanding them, Ibn Umar in "Sahih Muslim" saw him letting his garment hang down and said: , he said: so I raised ... .
The Shaykh : This indicates that there is a preferred and a less preferred.
The questioner : But the response to the raising from ... .
The Shaykh : No problem, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : ... Precaution for the raising, raise ... .
The Shaykh : Meaning, we understand from you the summary of your words that the intended meaning of this ... which came in the hadith is merely the raising above the ankles.
The questioner : Above the ankles ... .
The Shaykh : I believe this is a denial of the text of the hadith ... because it is to the middle of the leg, and if it is long, then to the ankles, and if it is long, then in the Fire; three levels, the first level is the prescribed, the second level is the permissible, and the third level is forbidden.
... ... ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : I would like to take your opinion on it. It is via al-Walid ibn Muslim, and he explicitly stated that he heard it from his shaykh, and from ... and above him, except for approximately the Tabi'i and the Tabi' al-Tabi'in, and it is from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), traced to the Prophet: "The belt of the believer is at the muscles of his legs, then at the middle of his legs, then at the top of his ankles" ... .
The Shaykh : I said to him, I do not know ... Sahl, but what is the consequence of this ... ?
The questioner : ... The ethical meaning is established by this disconnection, or which one, why? ... Established by the raising generally, what is above the leg.
The Shaykh : No problem, may Allah reward you. After it was determined ... the meaning is that it was said, if it is long, this, if it is long - also - does not make it the weaker position, and the stronger position is to the middle of the leg.
The questioner : Many of the words indicate ... the original principle ... permissibility.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner : Because the original principle is the limit in ... .
The Shaykh : Therefore, I recently classified ... , the best is to the middle of the leg, the permissible is to what is above the ankles, the forbidden is to what is below the sole of the foot, this is what I understand, and I do not forget al-Albani's lineage and the lineage of Dussas ... in any case, we benefit ... .
The questioner : ... In its meaning, the preposition and the genitive are connected to the omitted word, the omitted word ... this is known, and what do we estimate it to be? ... .
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, this is not it, may Allah reward you; because if it is long, it is to the ankles, its meaning is in a second limit, but it prefers the first limit over the second. Do you have anything ... ?
The questioner : ... In the hadith in "al-Musnad": "When he saw ... to the ankles ... its men are the men of the authentic hadith, ... most of the hadiths - if not all of them - that contain raising or such or such, as in the hadith of Abu Sa'id ... you see that looking at the texts and their limits ... may help in understanding them, Ibn Umar in "Sahih Muslim" saw him letting his garment hang down and said:
Raise it
ارفعThe Shaykh : This indicates that there is a preferred and a less preferred.
The questioner : But the response to the raising from ... .
The Shaykh : No problem, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : ... Precaution for the raising, raise ... .
The Shaykh : Meaning, we understand from you the summary of your words that the intended meaning of this ... which came in the hadith is merely the raising above the ankles.
The questioner : Above the ankles ... .
The Shaykh : I believe this is a denial of the text of the hadith ... because it is to the middle of the leg, and if it is long, then to the ankles, and if it is long, then in the Fire; three levels, the first level is the prescribed, the second level is the permissible, and the third level is forbidden.
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