#Isbaal #Waajib #AboveTheAnkles For my brothers. If you have this doubt, or perhaps are confronted with the doubt, that Isbāl (lowering garments beyond the ankle for men) is permissible as long as it is not done with pride - here is what happens when you put all the ahādīth together, instead of running with one. ____________ On the authority of Jābir ibn Sulaym رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وسلم said: And elevate your garments to the middle of the shin, if not then till your ankles. And beware of lowering your garments beyond your ankles, for indeed lowering your garments beyond your ankles is FROM PRIDE and Allāh does not love it. (end quote) __________ Narrated by Imam Ahmed in his Musnad, At-Tirmidhī, Abu Dāwūd At-Tayālasī in his Musnad, Ibn Abī Shaybah in his Musannaf and many others. Al-Hākim, An-Nawawī and Al-Albānī declared the hadīth to be sahīh. So the action itself is from pride, debunking those who try and legitmize this evil practice with the narration of Abū Bakr As-Siddīq رضي الله عنه which, even that, they fail to comprehend in its proper context. And Allāh knows best.
