The benefits of the hadith: (… Abu Bakr said: “O Messenger of Allah, one side of my izar hangs down unless I attend to it.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “You are not one who does it out of arrogance.”)
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The Shaykh : And Abu Bakr’s statement: “unless I attend to it” indicates that he did not do this by choice. Also, not all of Abu Bakr’s garment hangs down; rather, only one side hangs down on him. This is known. We find in the state of ihram for Hajj or 'Umrah that one side sometimes hangs down and goes lower, while the rest of the izar remains raised. So he said: “it hangs down unless I attend to it”. There is no evidence in this for those who drag their garments and say, “We do not drag them out of arrogance.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Abu Bakr: Sunan an-Nasa'i 5335Sahih (Darussalam) Why? Because Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that it is one side that hangs down, while the other does not hang down but remains raised.
Second, he said: “unless I attend to it”, which indicates that Abu Bakr sometimes attended to it and did not leave it, but in the state where he did not attend to it due to forgetfulness or preoccupation with something else, it remained hanging down.
Third: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) testified for Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he did not do it out of arrogance. Where do we have a testimony from one of these people that he does not drag his garment out of arrogance, comparable to that of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? This is something that is impossible.
You are not one of those who do that out of pride.
إنك لست ممن يصنع ذلك خيلاءSecond, he said: “unless I attend to it”, which indicates that Abu Bakr sometimes attended to it and did not leave it, but in the state where he did not attend to it due to forgetfulness or preoccupation with something else, it remained hanging down.
Third: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) testified for Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he did not do it out of arrogance. Where do we have a testimony from one of these people that he does not drag his garment out of arrogance, comparable to that of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? This is something that is impossible.