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Question Asalam alikum, is it still haram to lower your trousers below your ankles if you are not doing it out of arrogance and pride.
Jazakallah.
Answer Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim (In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful)
Assalmalaikum
Dear Daniel,
There are many hadith's to this effect. Therefore as a safety measure please try to avoid lowering your garments below the ankles. It also acts as an identity of a muslim clothing which differs from non-muslims who lower their garments below ankles.
Bukhari Volumn 007, Book 072, Hadith Number 678.
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Narated By Abu Huraira : The Prophet said, "The part of an Izar which hangs below the ankles is in the Fire."
Bukhari Volumn 007, Book 072, Hadith Number 679.
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Narated By Abu Huraira : Allah's Apostle, "Allah will not look, on the Day of Resurrection, at a person who drags his Izar (behind him) out of pride and arrogance."
AbuDawud Book 027, Hadith Number 4073.
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Chapter : Hanging down the lower garment below the ankles.
Narated By Abu Jurayy Jabir ibn Salim al-Hujaymi : I saw a man whose opinion was accepted by the people, and whatever he said they submitted to it. I asked: Who is he? They said: This is the Apostle of Allah (pbuh). I said: On you be peace, Apostle of Allah, twice. He said: Do not say "On you be peace," for "On you be peace" is a greeting for the dead, but say "Peace be upon you".
I asked: You are the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon you)? He said: I am the Apostle of Allah Whom you call when a calamity befalls you and He removes it; when you suffer from drought and you call Him, He grows food for you; and when you are in a desolate land or in a desert and your she-camel strays and you call Him, He returns it to you.
I said: Give me some advice. He said: Do not abuse anyone. He said that he did not abuse a freeman, or a slave, or a camel or a sheep thenceforth. He said: Do not look down upon any good work, 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.
AbuDawud Book 027, Hadith Number 4074.
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Chapter : Hanging down the lower garment below the ankles.
Narated By N/A : Ibn 'Umar reported the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) as saying: If anyone trails his garment arrogantly, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection. Then Abu Bakr said: One of the sides of my lower garment trails, but still I remain careful about it. He said: You are not one of those who do so conceitedly.
AbuDawud Book 027, Hadith Number 4075.
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Chapter : Hanging down the lower garment below the ankles.
Narated By N/A : Abu Hurairah' said: A man was praying with his lower garment hanging down. The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) said to him: Go and perform ablution. He then went and performed ablution. He then came and he said: Go and perform ablution. Then a man said to him: Apostle of Allah, what is the matter with you that you commanded him to perform ablution and then you kept silence? He replied: He was praying while hanging down his lower garments, and Allah does not accept the prayer of a man who hangs down his lower garment.
AbuDawud Book 027, Hadith Number 4076.
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Chapter : Hanging down the lower garment below the ankles.
Narated By N/A : Abu Dharr reported the Prophet (may peace be upon him) 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 punish-ment. I asked: Who arc they, Apostle of Allah, they are losers and disappointed? He repeated it three times. I asked : Who are they, Apostle 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.
AbuDawud Book 027, Hadith Number 4077.
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Chapter : Hanging down the lower garment below the ankles.
Narated By N/A : The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Dharr through a different chain of narrators, but the former is more perfect. This version has: Mannăn is the one who takes account of anything he gives.
AbuDawud Book 027, Hadith Number 4078.
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Chapter : Hanging down the lower garment below the ankles.
Narated By Sahl Ibn al-Hanzaliyyah : Qays ibn Bishr at-Taghlibi said: My father told me that he was a companion of Abu al-Darda'. There was in Damascus a man from the companions of the Prophet (pbuh), called Ibn al-Hanzaliyyah. He was a recluse and rarely met the people. He remained engaged in prayer. When he was not praying he was occupied in glorifying Allah and exalting Him until he went to his family. Once he passed us when we were with Abu al-Darda'.
Abu al-Darda' said to him: Tell us a word which benefits us and does not harm you.
He said: The Apostle of Allah (pbuh) sent out a contingent and it came back. One of the men came and sat in the place where the Apostle of Allah (pbuh) used to sit, and he said to a man beside him: Would that you saw us when we met the enemy and so-and-so attacked and cut through a lance.
He said: Take it from me and I am a boy of the tribe Ghifar. What do you think about his statement?
He replied: I think his reward was lost. Another man heard it and said: I do not think that there is any harm in it. They quarrelled until the Apostle of Allah (pbuh) heard it, and he said: Glory be to Allah! There is no harm if he is rewarded and praised. I saw that Abu al-Darda' was pleased with it and began to raise his hand to him and say: Did you hear it from the Apostle of Allah (pbuh)?
He said: Yes. He continued to repeat it to him so often that I thought he was going to kneel down. He said: On another day he again passed us.
Abu al-Darda' said to him: (Tell us) a word which benefits us and does not harm you.
He said: The Apostle of Allah (pbuh) 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. He then passed us on another day.
Abu al-Darda' said to him: (Tell us) a word which benefits us and does no harm to you.
He said: The Apostle of Allah (pbuh) said: Khuraym al-Asadi would be a fine man were it not for the length of his hair, which reaches the shoulders, and the way he lets his lower garment hang down. When Khuraym heard that, he hurriedly, took a knife, cut his hair in line with his ears and raised his lower garment half way up his legs. He then passed us on another day.
Abu al-Darda' said to him: (tell us) a word which benefits us and does not harm you.
He said: I heard the Apostle of Allah (pbuh) 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
Muwatta Book 048, Hadith Number 012.
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Section : A Man Dragging his Garments.
Yahya related to me from Malik from al Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman that his father said, "I asked Abu Said al-Khudri about the lower garment. He said that he would inform me with knowledge and that he had heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'The lower garment of the mumin should reach to the middle of his calves. There is no harm in what is between that and the ankles. What is lower than that is in the Fire. What is lower than that is in the Fire. On the Day of Rising, Allah will not look at a person who trails his lower garment in arrogance.'"
