The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is below the ankles is in the Fire." Do we assert that everyone who lets his garment hang below the ankles is in the Fire?
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The questioner : The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . Do we assert that everyone who lets his garment hang below the ankles is in the Fire?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
We must know before answering this question that when the texts of the Lawgiver attach a ruling to the doing of something or the leaving of something, there must be conditions that are clarified by other texts.
- Pay attention, my brother -.
For example, in the speech of the Lawgiver, in the speech of Allah or the speech of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), it is said: whoever does such and such is a disbeliever, for example. Whoever does such and such is sinful, whoever does such and such is punished. Are these absolute texts to be taken in their absolute sense?
The answer is: No. They must be restricted by other texts, because the Shari'ah is one and the One who speaks it is one, namely Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and those of His messengers whom Allah the Exalted informed of legal rulings. So if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says:Sunan Ibn Majah 3573Sahih (Darussalam) and an ignorant man who did not know of this warning lets his garment hang below the ankles, he is not punished for it because he is ignorant. And Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:286] So Allah the Exalted said: , and He said: [Al-Ahzab 33:5] Do you understand, everyone? In the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the ruling comes in an absolute form, the ruling comes in a form of absolute generality. That does not mean that we overlook the conditions that must be observed by other texts.
And on this basis, his saying: if someone lets his garment or his trousers hang below the ankles and he does not know that it is forbidden, he is not punished with this punishment. Yes.
What is below the ankles is in the Fire
ما أسفل الكعبين ففي النارThe Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment.
We must know before answering this question that when the texts of the Lawgiver attach a ruling to the doing of something or the leaving of something, there must be conditions that are clarified by other texts.
- Pay attention, my brother -.
For example, in the speech of the Lawgiver, in the speech of Allah or the speech of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), it is said: whoever does such and such is a disbeliever, for example. Whoever does such and such is sinful, whoever does such and such is punished. Are these absolute texts to be taken in their absolute sense?
The answer is: No. They must be restricted by other texts, because the Shari'ah is one and the One who speaks it is one, namely Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and those of His messengers whom Allah the Exalted informed of legal rulings. So if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says:
But whatever is lower than the ankle is in the Fire
ما أسفل من الكعبين ففي النارOur Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred.
ربنا لا تؤاخذنا إن نيسينا أو أخطأناHe has done so
قد فعلتAnd there is no blame upon you for that in which you have erred but [only for] what your hearts intended
وليس عليكم جناح فيما أخطأتم به ولكن ما تعمدت قلوبكمAnd on this basis, his saying: