Is the prayer of the one who lets his garment hang below the ankles accepted?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : The Shaykh : Nasser?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I praise Allah to you.
The questioner : May you be well.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you well, in life and in death.
The questioner : We are speaking to you from Saudi Arabia, Shaykh, from the Jubail region.
The Shaykh : Which region?
The questioner : The Jubail region.
The Shaykh : Where is Jubail? In the Eastern Province?
The questioner : Yes, in the Eastern Province.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : Your brother in Allah, Muhammad al-Hajri.
The Shaykh : Muhammad al-Hajri.
The questioner : I have some questions; may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Regarding the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), which Abu Dawud narrated on the condition of Muslim, in which the man who lets his garment hang below the ankles was told, "Repeat your ablution." Regarding the one who lets his garment hang below the ankles, is his prayer accepted, Shaykh? And what is the authenticity of this hadith?
The Shaykh : Ah, you cut off my response to you; you cut off the response I was about to give you.
The questioner : The authenticity.
The Shaykh : Yes, so you should have asked about the authenticity first, because we learned from the scholars of knowledge that interpretation is a branch of authentication. If the hadith is authentic, we should study its jurisprudence and look at what it indicates. But if its weakness is established, then at that time it is said, as they say in some countries: "This dead person does not deserve this condolence"; meaning, we should not occupy ourselves with studying the jurisprudence of a weak hadith, but rather we uproot the subject by saying that it is a weak hadith, containing an unknown man. And so they say: The one who lets his garment hang below the ankles is sinful, most severely sinful, like the one who wears a gold ring. But he is sinful, and his prayer is valid. Because we also learned from the principles of jurisprudence that it is not permissible to invalidate the prayer of a Muslim man who came with its pillars and its conditions, merely because he committed a forbidden sin...
...and another bad man who prayed a valid prayer but committed a sin, like the one who prays and a woman passes in front of him and he looks at some of her private parts. This man is sinful, but we have no evidence in the Shari'ah that obligates us, or even permits us, to rule that his prayer is invalid, merely because he committed this forbidden act.
In summary: The hadith is weak, and letting the garment hang below the ankles is forbidden, but there is no evidence for the invalidity of the prayer of the one who lets his garment hang below the ankles. Is that clear?
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : And you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : The Shaykh : Nasser?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : How are you, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I praise Allah to you.
The questioner : May you be well.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you well, in life and in death.
The questioner : We are speaking to you from Saudi Arabia, Shaykh, from the Jubail region.
The Shaykh : Which region?
The questioner : The Jubail region.
The Shaykh : Where is Jubail? In the Eastern Province?
The questioner : Yes, in the Eastern Province.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : Your brother in Allah, Muhammad al-Hajri.
The Shaykh : Muhammad al-Hajri.
The questioner : I have some questions; may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. Regarding the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), which Abu Dawud narrated on the condition of Muslim, in which the man who lets his garment hang below the ankles was told, "Repeat your ablution." Regarding the one who lets his garment hang below the ankles, is his prayer accepted, Shaykh? And what is the authenticity of this hadith?
The Shaykh : Ah, you cut off my response to you; you cut off the response I was about to give you.
The questioner : The authenticity.
The Shaykh : Yes, so you should have asked about the authenticity first, because we learned from the scholars of knowledge that interpretation is a branch of authentication. If the hadith is authentic, we should study its jurisprudence and look at what it indicates. But if its weakness is established, then at that time it is said, as they say in some countries: "This dead person does not deserve this condolence"; meaning, we should not occupy ourselves with studying the jurisprudence of a weak hadith, but rather we uproot the subject by saying that it is a weak hadith, containing an unknown man. And so they say: The one who lets his garment hang below the ankles is sinful, most severely sinful, like the one who wears a gold ring. But he is sinful, and his prayer is valid. Because we also learned from the principles of jurisprudence that it is not permissible to invalidate the prayer of a Muslim man who came with its pillars and its conditions, merely because he committed a forbidden sin...
...and another bad man who prayed a valid prayer but committed a sin, like the one who prays and a woman passes in front of him and he looks at some of her private parts. This man is sinful, but we have no evidence in the Shari'ah that obligates us, or even permits us, to rule that his prayer is invalid, merely because he committed this forbidden act.
In summary: The hadith is weak, and letting the garment hang below the ankles is forbidden, but there is no evidence for the invalidity of the prayer of the one who lets his garment hang below the ankles. Is that clear?
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : And you.
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