What is your opinion of the one who says that shortening the garment to the middle of the shin is specific to the izar (lower garment) and not the thawb (robe)?
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The questioner : One of the scholars mentioned that shortening the garment to the middle of the shin is specific to the izar (lower garment), because the texts came regarding this. As for the thawb (robe), the thawb, the trousers, and the turban, the Sunnah is above the ankles and below the middle of the shin. What is your opinion, O your Excellency, regarding this?
The Shaykh : What I see is that restricting it to the izar (lower garment) has no basis, and that what is established for the izar is established for the thawb (robe), meaning the shirt. But I see that the Sunnah is to the middle of the shin, to below the middle, and to the ankles; all of this is Sunnah. The evidence for this is that the best of this Ummah after its Prophet, Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), had his izar (lower garment) lower than that, but he did not go beyond the ankles. For this reason, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against dragging the garment out of arrogance, he said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 5335Sahih (Darussalam). The fact that it hangs loosely on him until it reaches the ground, unless he keeps it in place, what does this indicate? It indicates that it was lower than the middle of the shin, because if it were to the middle of the shin and hung loosely until it reached the ground, his awrah (nakedness) would be exposed from above. So each is Sunnah.
As for the one who restricts the Sunnah to what is at the middle of the shin or above it, he has not reflected upon the hadiths from every angle. If he had reflected upon them, he would have known that the Sunnah is from the middle of the shin downward, as long as it does not go below the ankles.
The Shaykh : What I see is that restricting it to the izar (lower garment) has no basis, and that what is established for the izar is established for the thawb (robe), meaning the shirt. But I see that the Sunnah is to the middle of the shin, to below the middle, and to the ankles; all of this is Sunnah. The evidence for this is that the best of this Ummah after its Prophet, Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), had his izar (lower garment) lower than that, but he did not go beyond the ankles. For this reason, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against dragging the garment out of arrogance, he said:
O Messenger of Allah, one side of my Izar slips unless I pay attention to it." The Prophet [SAW]: "You are not one of those who do that out of pride.
يا رسول الله إن أحد شقي إزاري يسترخي عليّ إلا أن أتعاهده، فقال: لست ممن يصنع ذلك خيلاءAs for the one who restricts the Sunnah to what is at the middle of the shin or above it, he has not reflected upon the hadiths from every angle. If he had reflected upon them, he would have known that the Sunnah is from the middle of the shin downward, as long as it does not go below the ankles.