Continuation of the explanation of his saying: (And that you speak to your brother while your face is open toward him; indeed, that is from what is good.)

The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) quoted, in the context of the hadith of Jabir ibn Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with him) in the chapter on the description of the length of the shirt, the sleeve, the lower garment, and the end of the turban: "

and when you speak to your brother, show him a cheerful face. This is a good work. Have your lower garment halfway down your shin; if you cannot do it, have it up to the ankles. Beware of trailing the lower garment, for it is conceit and Allah does not like conceit. And if a man abuses and shames you for something which he finds in you, then do not shame him for something which you find in him; he will bear the evil consequences for it.

وأن تكلم أخاك وأنت منبسط إليه وجهك إن ذلك من المعروف، وارفع إزارك إلى نصف الساق فإن أبيت فإلى الكعبين، وإياك وإسبال الإزار فإنها من المخيلة، وإن الله لا يحب المخيلة، وإن امرؤ شتمك أو عيَّرك بما يعلم فيك فلا تعيِّره بما تعلم فيه فإنما وبال ذلك عليه

Sunan Abi Dawud 4084Sahih (Al-Albani)

Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi narrated it with a sound chain, and al-Tirmidhi said: It is a good, authentic hadith. And from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: While a man was praying with his lower garment hanging down, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him:

Go and perform ablution.

اذهب فتوضأ

So he went and performed ablution, then he came back."

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
This is the remainder of the hadith mentioned by the author (may Allah have mercy on him) in the book *Riyad al-Salihin*. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said to him: When he said: , he clarified that it is from what is good to meet your brother with an open face, not a frowning or gloomy one, but rather an open one. This is because this brings joy to your brother, and whatever brings joy to your brother is from what is good and excellence, and Allah loves those who do good. This is undoubtedly good, but at times, it may be in the interest of the person speaking to you not to meet him with an open face. He may have done something that is not praiseworthy, so do not meet him with an open face as a form of disciplinary punishment so that he may be deterred and behave properly. Every situation has its own appropriate response. Then, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to raise his lower garment to the middle of the shin, and if he refused, then to the ankles. This indicates that raising the lower garment to the middle of the shin is better, but there is no blame in letting it hang down to the ankles. This is because this is a matter of dispensation, and it is not necessary that a person must raise his lower garment to the middle of the shin, or that he considers it obligatory upon him, or that the one who does not raise it has contradicted the Sunnah. This is because the Messenger (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said: and he did not say, "If you refuse, then such and such a threat is upon you." This indicates that the matter is broad in this regard. It has passed us that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "One side of my lower garment hangs down on me unless I hold it up" and we said: This indicates that the lower garment of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) hung down below the middle of the shin, and that there is nothing wrong with this. So a person should not be strict with himself or with people to the extent that he considers it obligatory upon him to make his trousers or his garment or his outer robe reach the middle of the shin. The matter is broad in this regard; it is a Sunnah, but at the same time, the matter is broad in it, praise be to Allah, due to the dispensation of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) warned Jabir ibn Sulaym against arrogance, meaning that he walks with arrogance, or in his garment, or his turban, or his outer robe, or his speech, or anything he does with arrogance, for Allah does not love that. So a person should be humble always in his clothing, his walking, his appearance, and all his conditions, because whoever is humble to Allah, Allah will raise him. These are the etiquettes that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) taught his Ummah, and a person should be well-mannered with them, because he will achieve two things: First, obeying the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and Allah the Exalted said: And secondly, being well-mannered with these high etiquettes, which no human being can ever guide people to such etiquettes, because the etiquettes brought by the Shari'ah are the best of etiquettes. And here ends the discussion of this hadith.