The Ruling on Letting Garments Hang Below the Ankles Without the Intention of Arrogance
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Question:
After this, a message reached the program from the listener, Mr. Ibrahim al-Ahmad, who asked a number of questions, among which was a question that says: What is the ruling on letting clothing hang below the ankles for other than arrogance? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The ruling on letting garments hang below the ankles for the sake of arrogance is forbidden without a doubt according to all scholars if it is for arrogance, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1731Sahih (Darussalam) This is a great warning. As for if it is for other than arrogance, but rather for habit, or negligence; this is open sinfulness according to the people of knowledge. Some of them say: It is disliked. And some of them say: It is forbidden and a means to arrogance.
The correct view is that it is forbidden, even if one does not intend arrogance; because it is extravagance and exposing one’s clothes to impurity, and because it is a means to arrogance. The hadiths are general; the hadiths regarding the prohibition of this are general due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan an-Nasa'i 5331Sahih (Darussalam) Narrated by al-Bukhari in the Sahih. This is general. And his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Abi Dawud 4087Sahih (Al-Albani) Narrated by Muslim in the Sahih.
This indicates caution regarding letting garments hang below the ankles absolutely, even if one does not intend arrogance; for this is a means to arrogance, and a means for people to suspect arrogance in him as well, and a means to dirtying his clothes and making them impure. Then in it is a type of extravagance and waste.
So it is obligatory to be cautious of that, and this is regarding men. As for the woman, she lets her garments hang until they cover her feet; because they are her awrah (part of the body that must be covered). Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
After this, a message reached the program from the listener, Mr. Ibrahim al-Ahmad, who asked a number of questions, among which was a question that says: What is the ruling on letting clothing hang below the ankles for other than arrogance? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The ruling on letting garments hang below the ankles for the sake of arrogance is forbidden without a doubt according to all scholars if it is for arrogance, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whoever arrogantly drags his garment, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Judgement.
من جر ثوبه خيلاء؛ لم ينظر الله إليه يوم القيامةThe correct view is that it is forbidden, even if one does not intend arrogance; because it is extravagance and exposing one’s clothes to impurity, and because it is a means to arrogance. The hadiths are general; the hadiths regarding the prohibition of this are general due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whatever of the Izar comes below the ankles is in the Fire.
ما أسفل من الكعبين من الإزار فهو في النارNarrated Abu Dharr: The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: There are three to whom Allah will not speak and at whom He will not look on the Day of Resurrection, and whom He will not declare pure, and they will have a painful punishment. I asked: Who are they, Messenger of Allah, they are losers and disappointed ? He repeated it three times. I asked: Who are they. Messenger of Allah, they are losers and disappointed ? He replied: The one who wears a trailing robe, the one who takes account of what he gives, and the one who produces a ready sale of a commodity by false swearing.
ثلاثة لا يكلمهم الله، ولا ينظر إليهم يوم القيامة، ولا يزكيهم، ولهم عذاب أليم: المسبل إزاره، والمنان فيما أعطى، والمنفق سلعته بالحلف الكاذبThis indicates caution regarding letting garments hang below the ankles absolutely, even if one does not intend arrogance; for this is a means to arrogance, and a means for people to suspect arrogance in him as well, and a means to dirtying his clothes and making them impure. Then in it is a type of extravagance and waste.
So it is obligatory to be cautious of that, and this is regarding men. As for the woman, she lets her garments hang until they cover her feet; because they are her awrah (part of the body that must be covered). Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
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