سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الصلاةPrayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب الإِسْبَالِ فِي الصَّلاَةِChapter: Al-Isbal During The Prayer.
Hadith 638
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ يُصَلِّي مُسْبِلًا إِزَارَهُ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " اذْهَبْ فَتَوَضَّأْ ، فَذَهَبَ فَتَوَضَّأَ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : اذْهَبْ فَتَوَضَّأْ ، فَذَهَبَ فَتَوَضَّأَ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، مَا لَكَ أَمَرْتَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ سَكَتَّ عَنْهُ ؟ فَقَالَ : إِنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ مُسْبِلٌ إِزَارَهُ ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَا يَقْبَلُ صَلَاةَ رَجُلٍ مُسْبِلٍ إِزَارَهُ " .
Abu Hurairah said: while a man was praying letting his lower garment trail, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: Go and perform ablution. He, therefore, went and performed ablution and then returned. He (the prophet) again said: Go and perform ablution. He again went, performed ablution and returned. A man said to him (the prophet): Messenger of Allah, why did you order him to perform ablution? He said: he was praying with lower garment trailing, and does not accept the prayer of a man who lets his lower garment trail.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
638. Commentary:
➊ Wearing a waistcloth, sheet, or trousers hanging below the ankles is a sign of arrogance. Therefore, this is strictly prohibited and a major sin.
➋ However, does this act also invalidate the ablution (wudu)? There is a difference of opinion on this, because there is disagreement regarding the authenticity of this hadith. According to most scholars, including Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah, this hadith is weak; therefore, in their view, letting the garment hang below the ankles does not break the ablution. However, those who consider this hadith to be authentic (sahih) or good (hasan), in their view, the ablution will be invalidated, as is understood from this hadith. And according to some, this is a warning (tahdidi) ruling, the purpose of which is to prevent people from isbal al-izar (letting the lower garment hang below the ankles); ablution will not be invalidated by it. In any case, a believer's trousers should always and at all times remain above the ankles.
➊ Wearing a waistcloth, sheet, or trousers hanging below the ankles is a sign of arrogance. Therefore, this is strictly prohibited and a major sin.
➋ However, does this act also invalidate the ablution (wudu)? There is a difference of opinion on this, because there is disagreement regarding the authenticity of this hadith. According to most scholars, including Shaykh al-Albani rahimahullah, this hadith is weak; therefore, in their view, letting the garment hang below the ankles does not break the ablution. However, those who consider this hadith to be authentic (sahih) or good (hasan), in their view, the ablution will be invalidated, as is understood from this hadith. And according to some, this is a warning (tahdidi) ruling, the purpose of which is to prevent people from isbal al-izar (letting the lower garment hang below the ankles); ablution will not be invalidated by it. In any case, a believer's trousers should always and at all times remain above the ankles.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 638
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Does ablution (wudu) break if the trousers (or sheet, etc.) hang below the ankles?
The answer:
Does ablution break? I do not know of any evidence for this, but according to my research, the hadith in which it is mentioned that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam ordered the person whose izar was hanging below the ankles to (repeat) his ablution is, in terms of its chain, hasan (good). See Sunan Abi Dawud, Book of Prayer, Chapter: The Hanging Down (Isbal) in Prayer (Hadith 638), etc.
One of the narrators of this narration is Abu Ja‘far al-Mu’adhdhin, whom some hadith scholars have declared majhul (unknown, i.e., of unknown status), while the following hadith scholars have declared him trustworthy (thiqah), sound in hadith (sahih al-hadith), or good in hadith (hasan al-hadith):
➊ Ibn Hibban, see Mawarid al-Zam’an: 2406
➋ Al-Tirmidhi: Hasan lahu: 3448
➌ Al-Nawawi, authenticated him in Riyad al-Salihin
➍ Ibn Hajar strengthened him in Takhrij al-Adhkar
➎ Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated from him, and he does not narrate except from a trustworthy person, according to Abu Hatim al-Razi
After so much authentication, it is incorrect to call this narrator majhul, therefore this narration is hasan (good).
For the original article, see Tawdhih al-Ahkam (Volume 1, pages 229 and 230) by Shaykh Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai rahimahullah
The answer:
Does ablution break? I do not know of any evidence for this, but according to my research, the hadith in which it is mentioned that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam ordered the person whose izar was hanging below the ankles to (repeat) his ablution is, in terms of its chain, hasan (good). See Sunan Abi Dawud, Book of Prayer, Chapter: The Hanging Down (Isbal) in Prayer (Hadith 638), etc.
One of the narrators of this narration is Abu Ja‘far al-Mu’adhdhin, whom some hadith scholars have declared majhul (unknown, i.e., of unknown status), while the following hadith scholars have declared him trustworthy (thiqah), sound in hadith (sahih al-hadith), or good in hadith (hasan al-hadith):
➊ Ibn Hibban, see Mawarid al-Zam’an: 2406
➋ Al-Tirmidhi: Hasan lahu: 3448
➌ Al-Nawawi, authenticated him in Riyad al-Salihin
➍ Ibn Hajar strengthened him in Takhrij al-Adhkar
➎ Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated from him, and he does not narrate except from a trustworthy person, according to Abu Hatim al-Razi
After so much authentication, it is incorrect to call this narrator majhul, therefore this narration is hasan (good).
For the original article, see Tawdhih al-Ahkam (Volume 1, pages 229 and 230) by Shaykh Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai rahimahullah
Source: Fatawa Ilmiyyah (Tawdih al-Ahkam), Page: 229
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Imam Nawawi rahimahullah has declared this hadith to be authentic according to the conditions of Sahih Muslim in Riyad as-Salihin.
➋ For men, letting the lower garment (tehband) or trousers (shalwar) hang below the ankles is a very reprehensible and sinful act, which affects the acceptance of their worship. It is obligatory to avoid this at all times, both during prayer and outside of it. As for women, it is necessary for them to cover their feet during prayer, and when there is a possibility of a non-mahram's gaze, it becomes even more obligatory to observe this.
➊ Imam Nawawi rahimahullah has declared this hadith to be authentic according to the conditions of Sahih Muslim in Riyad as-Salihin.
➋ For men, letting the lower garment (tehband) or trousers (shalwar) hang below the ankles is a very reprehensible and sinful act, which affects the acceptance of their worship. It is obligatory to avoid this at all times, both during prayer and outside of it. As for women, it is necessary for them to cover their feet during prayer, and when there is a possibility of a non-mahram's gaze, it becomes even more obligatory to observe this.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4086
