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Hadith 2767

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " نَهَى عَنِ اشْتِمَالِ الصَّمَّاءِ ، وَالِاحْتِبَاءِ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ ، وَأَنْ يَرْفَعَ الرَّجُلُ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى وَهُوَ مُسْتَلْقٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ " ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Narrated Jabir:` "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited Ishtimal As-Samma, Al-Ihtiba in one garment, and that a man raise one of his feet atop the other while he is reclining on his back."
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب الأدب عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 2767
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح، الصحيحة (1255)
Hadith Takhrij «سنن النسائی/الزینة 107 (5344) ( تحفة الأشراف : 2905) ، و مسند احمد (3/293، 322، 331، 344، 349) وانظر ماقبلہ (صحیح)»
Brief Explanation
1؎ : «اشتمال صمّاء» : This means that the cloth is wrapped around the body in such a way that both hands are inside, and it becomes difficult to move.

2؎ : «احتباء» : This means that a person sits on both buttocks, raises both shins and presses them against the stomach, and then covers himself with a cloth from above. In this situation, there is a risk that the private parts may become exposed. And if one suddenly needs to stand up, it is not easy for the person to get up quickly.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1: (Ishtimal as-Samma’):
This is when a person wraps a garment around his body in such a way that both hands are inside,
and it becomes difficult to move.

2: (Ihtiba’):
This is when a person sits on his buttocks and raises both shins, pressing them against his stomach, and then covers himself with a garment from above.
In this position, there is a risk that the private parts may become exposed.
And if one suddenly needs to stand up, it is not easy for the person to get up quickly.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2767
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
In the first situation, a person cannot steady himself in any way; he may fall, and he cannot even defend himself from any harmful animal or insect. This posture is referred to as "boli bakl" in the Punjabi language. The second situation is prohibited when it causes one's private parts to become exposed. Sometimes, indecent people deliberately sit in this manner. However, if one sits in the posture of ihtiba’ (drawing up the knees and wrapping the arms around them) with proper covering and caution, it is permissible.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4081
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
It is understood that if one is wearing full clothes and ties a knot with an extra piece of cloth in such a way that it has no effect on the covering (of the body), then there is no harm in it.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 5344
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Hadith Authentication:
[وأخرجه مسلم 2099/70، من حديث ما لك ورواه 2099/72، من حديث الليث بن سعدعن ابي الزبير به]

Jurisprudential Points
➊ Islam is a complete religion in which there are clear or general instructions regarding every aspect of life. And all praise is due to Allah.
➋ Satan eats with his left hand and this is his distinctive sign; therefore, in Islam, eating or drinking with the left hand (without a valid Islamic excuse) is prohibited.
● A person was eating with his left hand, so the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: «كُل بيمينك» “Eat with your right hand.” That person arrogantly replied, “I do not have the ability to eat with my right hand.” The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “May Allah not give you the ability.” After that, he was never able to raise his right hand to his mouth for the rest of his life, i.e., his right hand became paralyzed. See: [صحيح مسلم : 2021 وترقيم دارالسلام : 5268]
➌ Islam is the standard-bearer of modesty and demands it; therefore, all those ways and means should be adopted by which a person’s honor and chastity remain protected and a person does not become exposed or humiliated.
➍ Exposing the private parts in front of others without a valid Islamic reason is forbidden.
➎ Walking with only one shoe is pointless, ridiculous, and contrary to dignity.
➏ One should completely avoid all such actions whose result is immorality, indecency, and frivolity.
➐ It is unanimously obligatory to conceal the private parts from the gaze of people. [التمهيد 171/12]
It is necessary and obligatory to act upon those matters which the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) commands to do, and to refrain from whatever he forbids. Allah the Exalted says: «وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُوا» Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it; and whatever he forbids you from, abstain from it. [59-الحشر : 7]
Source: Muwatta Imam Malik (Narration of Ibn al-Qasim): Commentary by Zubair Ali Zai, Page: 104