Prayer and al-Isbaal Shaykh Saaleh bin Fawzaan al Fawzaan

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" : ." Question: "Is it permissible to perform as-Salaaht in a garment below the ankles?" Answer: "No. Your prayer is valid, however with error upon 'al Isbaal' (when the lower garment reaches below the ankles), for it is not permissible to descend to the ankles. 'What is below the ankles is in the fire'. As what is in the saheeh hadeeth, this is not permissible." Translation: Abu Mohamed Abd Kareem Hagedorn Source: http://www.alfawzan.af.org.sa/node/14719

Some Ahadeeth on the Subject:

Narrated Abdur Rahman: I asked Abu Sa'id al-Khudri about wearing lower garment. He said: You have come to the man who knows it very well. The Messenger of Allah ( ) said: The way for a believer to wear a lower garment is to have it halfway down his legs and he is guilty of no sin if it comes halfway between that and the ankles, but what comes lower than the ankles is in Hell. On the day of Resurrection. Allah will not look at him who trails his lower garment conceitedly. Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani) Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 4093 In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 74 English translation : Book 33, Hadith 4082 Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet ( ) said: Hanging down is in lower garment, shirt and turban. If anyone trails any of them conceitedly, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection. Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani) Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 4094 In-book reference : Book 34, Hadith 75 English translation : Book 33, Hadith 4083 It was narrated that Ash'ath said:

"I heard Sa'eed bin Jubair narrate from Ibn 'Abbas that the Prophet [ ] said: 'Allah will not look at the Musbil (the one who lets his Izar come below the ankles).'" (Sahih) Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5332 In-book reference : Book 48, Hadith 293 English translation : Vol. 6, Book 48, Hadith 5334 It was narrated that Abu Dharr said: "The Messenger of Allah [ ] said: 'There are three to whom Allah (the Mighty and Sublime) will not speak on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He sanctify them, and theirs will be a painful torment: The one who reminds others of what he has given them (Al-Mannan), the one who lets his Izar come below his ankles, and the one who sells his product by means of false oaths." (Sahih) Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5333 In-book reference : Book 48, Hadith 294 English translation : Vol. 6, Book 48, Hadith 5335 It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allah [ ] said: 'Al-Isbal may apply to the Izar, the Qamis and the turban. Whoever drags any one of these out of vanity, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.'" (Hasan) Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5334 In-book reference : Book 48, Hadith 295 English translation : Vol. 6, Book 48, Hadith 5336 It was narrated from Salim, from his father, that: The Messenger of Allah [ ] said: "Whoever drags his garment out of pride, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection." Abu Bakr said: "O Messenger of Allah, one side of my Izar slips unless I pay attention to it." The Prophet [ ] : "You are not one of those who do that out of pride." (Sahih) Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5335 In-book reference : Book 48, Hadith 296 English translation : Vol. 6, Book 48, Hadith 5337 It was narrated from Ala bin Abdur-Rahman that his father said: I said to Abu Saeed: Did you hear anything from the Messenger of Allah ( ) concerning the lower wrap? He said: Yes. I heard the Messenger of Allah ( ) say: The lower wrap of the believer should come to mid-calf, but there is no sin on him if it comes between that point and the ankle. But whatever is lower than the ankle is in the Fire. And he said three times: Allah will not look at the one who lets his lower wrap drag out of vanity. Grade: Sahih English reference : Vol. 1, Book 32, Hadith 3573 Arabic reference : Book 32, Hadith 3704

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