Which is less severe: for a person to remain with his garment dragging on the ground during prayer, or for him to tuck it up?
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The questioner : Isbal means, which is less disliked? Meaning, does he keep it dragging on the ground during prayer, or does he tuck it up?
The Shaykh : Why don't you ask about what is better?
The questioner : The better option is, of course, to shorten it.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it.
The questioner : But suppose a person is compelled, meaning in a specific situation.
The Shaykh : No, there is no compulsion, there is no compulsion. And this approach to handling issues weakens the resolve of the youth in drawing near to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) by carrying out the commands of Allah and following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). This question is wrong. And so he (peace be upon him) said:, strive against your own desires. Let us walk in an Islamic style and not be slaves to European fashions.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Let us wear short pants and make it an Islamic style. Why are we not the leaders, my brother? We are always, what, the followers?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because Sufi upbringing spread throughout the Islamic lands, and one of its effects was that we imitated the European countries in every form of misguidance. What do the Sufis say? "Be a tail and do not be a head."
The questioner : Be a tail.
The Shaykh : By Allah, that is how we have become today, tails. I wish we were tails to Muslim dervishes, at least, but we are tails to the disbelievers. This pant is tailored entirely for people who do not pray and do not prostrate. And so you find these people who have been afflicted with this pant, if that is the right expression, and yet, praise be to Allah, they still pray. You find them in prayer in their pants. The proof is that when they want to come down to prostrate, they do this. Why? Because if they don't do this, it splits from behind, hehe.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah. It means the truth has taken hold of us without us realizing it. The feeling and awareness of sin, disobedience, and their bad effects have died in us. The saying of the Prophet (peace be upon him) has come true in us:. Today we are slaves to clothes. You don't hold me accountable now. Look at this garment or this sweater I am wearing. You did not sew it, nor did you make it.
The questioner : No, of course not.
The Shaykh : Where did it come from? From Europe.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : I mean, exactly, Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : I did not ask you exactly. Now, if I said to you "from Europe," I would say to you, "From France, or Britain, or Germany."
The questioner : Maybe from East Asia. I don't know.
The Shaykh : East what?
The questioner : East Asia.
The Shaykh : No problem. East Asia is also an Islamic country... You don't know? That's not the point. The important thing is that we not be slaves to clothes. That is the important thing.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And we should be leaders, not followers.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : That is the point. So, regarding the pant, which is less severe? The answer is, Allah knows best. But both are sins. So try to get rid of both together.
The questioner : Meaning, tucking up is mentioned in the hadith. It came in the explicit text of the hadith.
The Shaykh : Of course. "He forbade tucking up the garment and the hair in prayer."
The questioner : Okay, is there a text for "kaf' (tucking up)"?
The Shaykh : "Kaf' (tucking up)"? No, no, "kaf" (tucking up).
The questioner : "Kaf" (tucking up).
The Shaykh : Yes, "kaf" (tucking up) of the garment means folding it and rolling it up.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : I wonder if these are the women, or not.
The questioner : Here, "kaf" (tucking up) of the garment means, can we consider the pant to be part of the garment, or not? Meaning, it is a garment, but perhaps the intended meaning of "garment" is the shirt, meaning.
The Shaykh : And perhaps it is not intended.
The questioner : Because we do not call the pant a "garment." We do not name it a garment.
The Shaykh : And who are you?
The questioner : We, now, meaning.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner : Meaning, did the Arabs use the word "garment" for the pant or for the trousers?
The Shaykh : Everything you wear is a garment. And this garment is divided into sections: shirt, jacket, cap, shoe, mat. Do you know that the mat is called a garment? Do you know that the mat is called clothing?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : Say "no." This is the language we have forgotten, and that is why we no longer understand our Qur'an.
The questioner : Okay, it is.
The Shaykh : My brothers...
The student : Even on.
The questioner : ... Islam.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest!.
The questioner : No, I mean if the cause is removed, meaning this arrogance.
The Shaykh : For every intention, there is an answer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is first. Second, he (peace be upon him) said:.
The questioner : My Shaykh, where does the ruling come from? The general public has been afflicted with this. They are not held accountable for this. Meaning, people now are all afflicted with it.
The Shaykh : No, no, absolutely not.
The questioner : Meaning, we do not say it is disliked. Meaning, it is forbidden.
The Shaykh : That is what you are saying.
The questioner : No, no, I mean, we do not say... I mean, we do not say. I mean.
The Shaykh : And it is not for you.
The questioner : I mean, say... the scholars.
The Shaykh : And you have not, with that, said or almost said.
The questioner : Yes, I do not mean...
The Shaykh : My brother, I know what you intend, but it is not enough for me to know what you intend. You also have to act like my story. Do you know what I intend?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You understood what I intended after I recited the hadith to you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What did I intend?
The questioner : Which hadith of prohibition? Because you mentioned more than one hadith.
The Shaykh : This is a problem too. You ask me which hadith.
The questioner : ... the hadiths.
The Shaykh : Now, here, how many hadiths have I recited to you?
The questioner : You recitedMusannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 17:203...
The Shaykh : Okay, okay, be patient and then.
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : Okay, so you understood what I intended.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, what did I intend?
The questioner : Prohibition.
The Shaykh : Okay, hehehe. Why are you asking me? You say we cannot say it is disliked. How can you say it is disliked when he is telling you? We have answered your statement that it is not arrogance. Okay, we came to the second hadith. I answered you. What was your position? You say we cannot say it is disliked, my brother. How can you say it is disliked when you are hearing the warning of the Messenger ?
The questioner : The hadith of Abu Bakr, which they used as evidence, my Shaykh...
The Shaykh : No problem. You tell me, question and answer.
The questioner : Would tucking up not be easier if that is the case? Would tucking up not be easier, or not?
The Shaykh : Would tucking up be easier for me?
The questioner : Because it did not bring, meaning...
The Shaykh : Okay, if we told you it is easier, meaning you have exited the sin, like that.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : So, fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and stay away from sin. Yes, what will they argue?
The questioner : They will argue with the hadith of Abu Bakr.
The Shaykh : Abu Bakr...
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : Correct. What was Abu Bakr doing? Let him be like them.
The questioner : He used to tuck up his garment.
The Shaykh : I understand these people who lengthen their pants. They are able to tuck them up.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The questioner : From the aspect of tucking up the garment... meaning, this extra part, this extra part enters into the tucking up. The extra part of the sewn garment.
The Shaykh : No, my brother. The intended meaning of tucking up the garment is what you tuck up and then let down.
The questioner : The one that does not have it.
The student: I mean, like that.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... meaning, here.
Another questioner : ... tucking up, or only...
The Shaykh : Even here, yes. Whether it is here, or the pant, or the abaya, or anything.
The Shaykh : Why don't you ask about what is better?
The questioner : The better option is, of course, to shorten it.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it.
The questioner : But suppose a person is compelled, meaning in a specific situation.
The Shaykh : No, there is no compulsion, there is no compulsion. And this approach to handling issues weakens the resolve of the youth in drawing near to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) by carrying out the commands of Allah and following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). This question is wrong. And so he (peace be upon him) said:
The mujahid is the one who strives against his desire for the sake of Allah.
المجاهد مَن جاهد هواه في اللهThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Let us wear short pants and make it an Islamic style. Why are we not the leaders, my brother? We are always, what, the followers?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Because Sufi upbringing spread throughout the Islamic lands, and one of its effects was that we imitated the European countries in every form of misguidance. What do the Sufis say? "Be a tail and do not be a head."
The questioner : Be a tail.
The Shaykh : By Allah, that is how we have become today, tails. I wish we were tails to Muslim dervishes, at least, but we are tails to the disbelievers. This pant is tailored entirely for people who do not pray and do not prostrate. And so you find these people who have been afflicted with this pant, if that is the right expression, and yet, praise be to Allah, they still pray. You find them in prayer in their pants. The proof is that when they want to come down to prostrate, they do this. Why? Because if they don't do this, it splits from behind, hehe.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah. It means the truth has taken hold of us without us realizing it. The feeling and awareness of sin, disobedience, and their bad effects have died in us. The saying of the Prophet (peace be upon him) has come true in us:
Woe to the slave of the dirham, woe to the slave of the dinar, woe to the slave of the silk garment, woe to him and may he be humiliated, and if he is torn, he will not be mended.
تعس عبد الدرهم ، تعس عبد الدينار ، تعس عبد الخميصة ، تعس وانتكس ، وإذا شِيكَ فلا انتقشThe questioner : No, of course not.
The Shaykh : Where did it come from? From Europe.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : I mean, exactly, Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : I did not ask you exactly. Now, if I said to you "from Europe," I would say to you, "From France, or Britain, or Germany."
The questioner : Maybe from East Asia. I don't know.
The Shaykh : East what?
The questioner : East Asia.
The Shaykh : No problem. East Asia is also an Islamic country... You don't know? That's not the point. The important thing is that we not be slaves to clothes. That is the important thing.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And we should be leaders, not followers.
The questioner: Correct.
The Shaykh : That is the point. So, regarding the pant, which is less severe? The answer is, Allah knows best. But both are sins. So try to get rid of both together.
The questioner : Meaning, tucking up is mentioned in the hadith. It came in the explicit text of the hadith.
The Shaykh : Of course. "He forbade tucking up the garment and the hair in prayer."
The questioner : Okay, is there a text for "kaf' (tucking up)"?
The Shaykh : "Kaf' (tucking up)"? No, no, "kaf" (tucking up).
The questioner : "Kaf" (tucking up).
The Shaykh : Yes, "kaf" (tucking up) of the garment means folding it and rolling it up.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Go ahead.
The Shaykh : I wonder if these are the women, or not.
The questioner : Here, "kaf" (tucking up) of the garment means, can we consider the pant to be part of the garment, or not? Meaning, it is a garment, but perhaps the intended meaning of "garment" is the shirt, meaning.
The Shaykh : And perhaps it is not intended.
The questioner : Because we do not call the pant a "garment." We do not name it a garment.
The Shaykh : And who are you?
The questioner : We, now, meaning.
The Shaykh: May Allah guide you.
The questioner : Meaning, did the Arabs use the word "garment" for the pant or for the trousers?
The Shaykh : Everything you wear is a garment. And this garment is divided into sections: shirt, jacket, cap, shoe, mat. Do you know that the mat is called a garment? Do you know that the mat is called clothing?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : Say "no." This is the language we have forgotten, and that is why we no longer understand our Qur'an.
The questioner : Okay, it is.
The Shaykh : My brothers...
The student : Even on.
The questioner : ... Islam.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest!
Allah does not look upon a man who drags his garment out of arrogance on the Day of Resurrection.
لا ينظر الله إلى رجلٍ يجرُّ ثوبه خيلاء يوم القيامةThe questioner : No, I mean if the cause is removed, meaning this arrogance.
The Shaykh : For every intention, there is an answer.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is first. Second, he (peace be upon him) said:
The belt of the believer is to the middle of the calf; if it is longer, then to the ankles; if it is longer than that, it is in the Fire.
أزرة المؤمن إلى نصف الساق ؛ فإن طال فإلى الكعبين ، فإن طال ففي النارThe questioner : My Shaykh, where does the ruling come from? The general public has been afflicted with this. They are not held accountable for this. Meaning, people now are all afflicted with it.
The Shaykh : No, no, absolutely not.
The questioner : Meaning, we do not say it is disliked. Meaning, it is forbidden.
The Shaykh : That is what you are saying.
The questioner : No, no, I mean, we do not say... I mean, we do not say. I mean.
The Shaykh : And it is not for you.
The questioner : I mean, say... the scholars.
The Shaykh : And you have not, with that, said or almost said.
The questioner : Yes, I do not mean...
The Shaykh : My brother, I know what you intend, but it is not enough for me to know what you intend. You also have to act like my story. Do you know what I intend?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You understood what I intended after I recited the hadith to you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What did I intend?
The questioner : Which hadith of prohibition? Because you mentioned more than one hadith.
The Shaykh : This is a problem too. You ask me which hadith.
The questioner : ... the hadiths.
The Shaykh : Now, here, how many hadiths have I recited to you?
The questioner : You recited
The belt of the believer is to the middle of the shin.
أزرة المؤمن إلى نصف الساقThe Shaykh : Okay, okay, be patient and then.
The questioner :
If it is longer, it is to the ankles, and whatever exceeds that is in the Fire.
فإن طال فإلى الكعبين وما زاد فهو في النارThe Shaykh : Okay, so you understood what I intended.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, what did I intend?
The questioner : Prohibition.
The Shaykh : Okay, hehehe. Why are you asking me? You say we cannot say it is disliked. How can you say it is disliked when he is telling you
the Fire
النارHe is in the Fire
هو في النارThe questioner : The hadith of Abu Bakr, which they used as evidence, my Shaykh...
The Shaykh : No problem. You tell me, question and answer.
The questioner : Would tucking up not be easier if that is the case? Would tucking up not be easier, or not?
The Shaykh : Would tucking up be easier for me?
The questioner : Because it did not bring, meaning...
The Shaykh : Okay, if we told you it is easier, meaning you have exited the sin, like that.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : So, fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and stay away from sin. Yes, what will they argue?
The questioner : They will argue with the hadith of Abu Bakr.
The Shaykh : Abu Bakr...
The questioner :
I am not one of them
لست منهمThe Shaykh : Correct. What was Abu Bakr doing? Let him be like them.
The questioner : He used to tuck up his garment.
The Shaykh : I understand these people who lengthen their pants. They are able to tuck them up.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The questioner : From the aspect of tucking up the garment... meaning, this extra part, this extra part enters into the tucking up. The extra part of the sewn garment.
The Shaykh : No, my brother. The intended meaning of tucking up the garment is what you tuck up and then let down.
The questioner : The one that does not have it.
The student: I mean, like that.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... meaning, here.
Another questioner : ... tucking up, or only...
The Shaykh : Even here, yes. Whether it is here, or the pant, or the abaya, or anything.
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