And prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.

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 hadiths in the chapter on the description of the length of the shirt, the sleeve, the lower garment, and the end of the turban: "From Qays ibn Bashir al-Taghlibi (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: My father informed me, and he was a companion of Abu al-Darda, and he said: There was in Damascus a man from among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named Ibn al-Hanaziliyyah, and he was a man who lived in seclusion and rarely sat with people; his only concern was prayer, and when he finished, he would engage in glorification and magnification of Allah until he came to his family. One day, he passed by us while we were with Abu al-Darda, and Abu al-Darda said to him: 'Say a word that will benefit us and not harm you.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent out a military expedition, and when it returned, one of its men came and sat in the place where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to sit. He said to the man next to him: 'If you had seen us when we met the enemy! So-and-so charged and struck, and I said: "Take it from me, I am the young Ghafar man." What do you think of his statement?' The man said: 'I do not think he has done anything but nullify his reward.' Another man heard this and said: 'I see no harm in that.' They disputed until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) heard it and said:

Subhan-Allah (Allah is free from every imperfection). He would be rewarded (in the Hereafter) and praised (in this world)

سبحان الله لا بأس أن يؤجر ويحمد

Riyad as-Salihin 797

I saw that Abu al-Darda was pleased with this, and he kept raising his head to him and saying: 'Did you hear that from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?' He would say: 'Yes.' He kept repeating it to him until I thought he would fall to his knees. He said: Then he passed by us another day, and Abu al-Darda said to him: 'Say a word that will benefit us and not harm you.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us:

One who spends on (the maintenance of) horses (for jihad) is like the one who spreads his hand to give alms (sadaqah) and does not withhold it.

المنفق على الخيل كالباسط يده بالصدقة لا يقبضها

Sunan Abi Dawud 4089Da'if (Al-Albani)

Then he passed by us another day, and Abu al-Darda said to him: 'Say a word that will benefit us and not harm you.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

What a good man Khuraym al-Asidi is! If only it were not for the length of his hair and the dragging of his lower garment!

نِعم الرجل خريم الأسيدي لولا طول جمته وإسبال إزاره

This reached Khuraym, so he hastened, took a razor, and cut his hair to his ears, and raised his lower garment to his mid-calves. Then he passed by us another day, and Abu al-Darda said to him: 'Say a word that will benefit us and not harm you.' He said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say:

You are coming to your brethren; so tidy your mounts and tidy your dress, until you are like a mole among the people. Allah does not like obscene words or deeds, or do intentional committing of obscenity.

إنكم قادمون على إخوانكم فأصلحوا حالكم وأصلحوا لباسكم حتى تكونوا كأنكم شامة في الناس فإن الله لا يحب الفحش ولا التفحش

Sunan Abi Dawud 4089Da'if (Al-Albani)

Abu Dawud narrated it with a good chain".