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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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"Praying with his garment hanging below the ankles. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Go and perform wudu. So he went and performed wudu, then he came back, and he said: Go and perform wudu. A man said to him:

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The reciter: "Praying with his garment hanging below the ankles. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him:
Go and perform wudu اذهب فتوضأ
So he went and performed wudu, then he came back, and he said:
Go and perform wudu اذهب فتوضأ
A man said to him: O Messenger of Allah, why did you order him to perform wudu and then you left him alone? He said:
He was praying while hanging down his lower garments, and Allah does not accept the prayer of a man who hangs down his lower garment. إنه كان يصلي وهو مسبل إزاره وإن الله لا يقبل صلاة رجل مسبل
Sunan Abi Dawud 4086Da'if (Al-Albani)
Abu Dawud narrated it with a sound chain according to the conditions of Muslim"
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
We have previously mentioned that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) clarified that whoever drags his garment out of arrogance, Allah will not look at him, and that Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He speak to him, nor purify him, and he will have a painful punishment. We also clarified that whatever is below the ankles is in the Fire, and that this is among the major sins, and that it is not permissible for a person to wear clothes that hang below the ankles. As for what is at the level of the ankles, meaning at the height of the ankles, there is no harm in it. Likewise, what rises to the middle of the leg; everything between the middle of the leg and the ankles is among the garments in which there is a dispensation, and a person is in a state of ease and permissibility if he wears an izar, trousers, a shirt, or a shawl that is between that range. As for what hangs below the ankles, it is forbidden in all cases, and indeed it is among the major sins. Then the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed regarding a person who prays while his garment is hanging below the ankles, meaning he has let his garment, trousers, izar, or shawl that covers him hang down, meaning it is not thin or transparent. The scholars differed on whether his prayer is valid or not. Some of the scholars said: His prayer is not valid because he wore a forbidden garment, and Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, only permitted us to wear what He has made lawful for us. So His saying:
O children of Adam, take your adornment at every masjid يا بني آدم خذوا زينتكم عند كل مسجد
[Al-A'raf 7:31]
means: your garments, referring to what He has permitted and made lawful for us. As for what He has forbidden for us, we are not commanded to do it, but rather we are prohibited from it. Those who say that Allah does not accept his prayer if he lets his garment hang below the ankles cited as evidence this hadith mentioned by the author from Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man whose garment was hanging below the ankles, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him:
Go and perform wudu اذهب فتوضأ
So he went and performed wudu, then he returned, and he said:
Go and perform wudu اذهب فتوضأ
Then a man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), saying: "O Messenger of Allah, you ordered him to perform wudu" He said:
Indeed Allah does not accept the prayer إن الله لا يقبل صلاة مسبل
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 76Sahih (Darussalam)
The author says: "Abu Dawud narrated it with a sound chain according to the conditions of Muslim" But there is a consideration regarding this, for the hadith is weak and not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family).
Source alathar.net

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