Is there a difference between the izar and garments in the ruling on isbal?

The questioner : Regarding a question concerning the Sunnah, wearing, is there a difference between the izar and garments in the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

The Shaykh : In terms of isbal, you mean?

The questioner : No, the point is that the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Some scholars interpreted this hadith, or ... to know that the intended meaning is not garments, but rather the izar. Is this interpretation correct?

The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, I told you you mean isbal, I said no, then you went back. You mean isbal, then?

The questioner : I mean isbal.

The Shaykh : Okay, yes, isbal applies to every garment, whether it is an izar

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : or an abaya, or trousers, or anything that is clothing. The izar, you see, the izar that was known at that time, in terms of good appearance, what is called elegance, was more beautiful and complete for a man, and closer to pride, than the baggy, decorated abaya and the ironed trousers, and so on?

The questioner : There is no doubt that ...

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : There is no doubt

The Shaykh : There is no doubt, this is clear. Therefore, the one who clings to the word izar, in my jurisprudence, knowledge, and criticism, is like the one who clings to a hadith in the two Sahihs from Abu Hurayrah that said: If he urinates in a vessel and then pours what is in the vessel into stagnant water, it is permissible because he did not urinate in the stagnant water. This is undoubtedly a tedious literalism; this is the sister of that.