The hadith "Whoever prays while letting his garment hang below the ankles is not in a state of safety from Allah," is it authentic, and what is the ruling on the prayer of one who lets his garment hang below the ankles?
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Al-Halabi: The questioner asks and says: Is it authentic? And if it is authentic, can it be used as evidence that the prayer of one who lets his garment hang below the ankles is invalid? And is this opinion of invalidity the view of Ibn Taymiyyah, al-Dhahabi, Ibn Hazm, Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi, and Ahmad Shakir, as some have said?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not have it at hand right now. I am inclined to think that the correct view regarding the hadith is that it is mawquf (stopping at a Companion), but I am not certain about this. Do you know anything on this specific matter? Do you have Sahih al-Jami' and Da'if al-Jami'?
The questioner : It is the same hadith that is in Riyad al-Saliheen ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : It is the same hadith that is in Riyad al-Saliheen ... .
The Shaykh : No, the one in Riyad al-Saliheen is
Another questioner:Sunan Abi Dawud 4086Da'if (Al-Albani) .
The Shaykh : Yes, the correct view is that it is mawquf (stopping at a Companion), but I am not certain of this because I am not sure. It requires verification. However, regarding the prayer of one who lets his garment hang below the ankles, there is nothing that necessitates his prayer being invalid. But he is sinful without a doubt, because if he is sinful for letting his garment hang below the ankles outside of prayer, then he is even more sinful for doing so during prayer. However, the ruling of invalidity requires a specific text, and this text does not exist except in a hadith mentioned by al-Nawawi in Riyad al-Saliheen, which is a weak hadith containing a man named Abu Ja'far al-Madini, who is unknown.
Another questioner: Our Shaykh ... what is meant by "weak and hastening"?
The Shaykh : With what?
The questioner : Weak and hastening.
The Shaykh : Weak and hastening, what is your question?
Another questioner: The Islamic Movement published in the newspaper in Amman ... .
The Shaykh : The Islamic Movement?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
Al-Halabi: The Muslim Brotherhood, our Shaykh, for the elections.
The Shaykh : Ah, yes.
The questioner : They say that we believe that among our first and most important duties is to exert all the effort in our power to reconsider all the laws and regulations currently in force in Jordan so that they are in complete harmony with our noble Islamic Shari'ah, meaning that they are in complete harmony with the Shari'ah. What do you say about this?
The Shaykh : Of course, if we look at the wording, it must be interpreted in a broader sense than what the wording indicates. For example, if there are legal rulings that do not conflict with the Islamic Shari'ah, then the phrase is acceptable in that case, because this complete harmony is sufficient if Islam has not forbidden that thing, making the law in harmony with Islam. So, what appears to me is that you understood from "harmony" that it means matching the explicit jurisprudential texts in Islam. Of course, if that is what is intended, it is not correct, but in my opinion, that is not their intention. Their intention is that it does not oppose Islam. And among the things that do not oppose Islam in these laws is that the original ruling for things is permissibility. So if there is a law that does not contradict the Shari'ah, Islam does not prevent taking it. Is the answer clear?
The questioner : Yes.
Whoever prays while letting his garment hang below the ankles is not in a state of safety from Allah, nor in a state of prohibition
من صلى وهو مسبل إزاره فليس من الله في حل ولا حرامThe Shaykh : By Allah, I do not have it at hand right now. I am inclined to think that the correct view regarding the hadith is that it is mawquf (stopping at a Companion), but I am not certain about this. Do you know anything on this specific matter? Do you have Sahih al-Jami' and Da'if al-Jami'?
The questioner : It is the same hadith that is in Riyad al-Saliheen ... .
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : It is the same hadith that is in Riyad al-Saliheen ... .
The Shaykh : No, the one in Riyad al-Saliheen is
There is no prayer for one who lets his garment hang below the ankles.
لا صلاة لمسبل إزارهAnother questioner:
Allah does not accept the prayer of a man who hangs down his lower garment.
إن الله لا يقبل صلاة رجل مسبل إزارهThe Shaykh : Yes, the correct view is that it is mawquf (stopping at a Companion), but I am not certain of this because I am not sure. It requires verification. However, regarding the prayer of one who lets his garment hang below the ankles, there is nothing that necessitates his prayer being invalid. But he is sinful without a doubt, because if he is sinful for letting his garment hang below the ankles outside of prayer, then he is even more sinful for doing so during prayer. However, the ruling of invalidity requires a specific text, and this text does not exist except in a hadith mentioned by al-Nawawi in Riyad al-Saliheen, which is a weak hadith containing a man named Abu Ja'far al-Madini, who is unknown.
Another questioner: Our Shaykh ... what is meant by "weak and hastening"?
The Shaykh : With what?
The questioner : Weak and hastening.
The Shaykh : Weak and hastening, what is your question?
Another questioner: The Islamic Movement published in the newspaper in Amman ... .
The Shaykh : The Islamic Movement?
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
Al-Halabi: The Muslim Brotherhood, our Shaykh, for the elections.
The Shaykh : Ah, yes.
The questioner : They say that we believe that among our first and most important duties is to exert all the effort in our power to reconsider all the laws and regulations currently in force in Jordan so that they are in complete harmony with our noble Islamic Shari'ah, meaning that they are in complete harmony with the Shari'ah. What do you say about this?
The Shaykh : Of course, if we look at the wording, it must be interpreted in a broader sense than what the wording indicates. For example, if there are legal rulings that do not conflict with the Islamic Shari'ah, then the phrase is acceptable in that case, because this complete harmony is sufficient if Islam has not forbidden that thing, making the law in harmony with Islam. So, what appears to me is that you understood from "harmony" that it means matching the explicit jurisprudential texts in Islam. Of course, if that is what is intended, it is not correct, but in my opinion, that is not their intention. Their intention is that it does not oppose Islam. And among the things that do not oppose Islam in these laws is that the original ruling for things is permissibility. So if there is a law that does not contradict the Shari'ah, Islam does not prevent taking it. Is the answer clear?
The questioner : Yes.