Excerpted from: Aḥkām wa Masā'il – In the Light of Qur’an and Sunnah by Shaykh Mubashar Ahmad Rabbānī
The narration in Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī mentions that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade wearing shoes while standing. Is this narration authentic?
According to my research, the narration which forbids wearing shoes while standing is not authentic.
You referred to the narration in Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī (1775, 1776), one chain of which is reported from Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه, but Ḥārith bin Yahān, a narrator in this chain, is rejected (matrūk)
(see Taqrīb with Taḥrīr: 1/240).
The other chain is from Anas رضي الله عنه, in which Qatādah is a mudallis (one who practices tadlīs – ambiguous transmission).
Imām al-Tirmidhī رحمه الله himself states:
كِلَا الحَدِيثَيْنِ لَا يَصِحُّ عِندَ أَهْلِ الحَدِيثِ
(“Both narrations are not authentic according to the people of ḥadīth.”)
[Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, 1775]
Furthermore, in Sunan Ibn Mājah (3618), this narration from Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه appears through another chain, but it contains tadlīs of al-Aʿmash.
Similarly, in Ibn Mājah (3619), the narration from ʿAbdullāh bin ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما includes tadlīs of Sufyān, and in Abū Dāwūd (4135), the narration from Jābir رضي الله عنه includes tadlīs of Abū al-Zubayr.
None of these chains are free from defects (ʿilal).
Whether one wears shoes standing or sitting, both are permissible. One may do whichever is more convenient.
❖ Question:
The narration in Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī mentions that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade wearing shoes while standing. Is this narration authentic?
❖ Answer:
According to my research, the narration which forbids wearing shoes while standing is not authentic.
You referred to the narration in Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī (1775, 1776), one chain of which is reported from Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه, but Ḥārith bin Yahān, a narrator in this chain, is rejected (matrūk)
(see Taqrīb with Taḥrīr: 1/240).
The other chain is from Anas رضي الله عنه, in which Qatādah is a mudallis (one who practices tadlīs – ambiguous transmission).
Imām al-Tirmidhī رحمه الله himself states:
كِلَا الحَدِيثَيْنِ لَا يَصِحُّ عِندَ أَهْلِ الحَدِيثِ
(“Both narrations are not authentic according to the people of ḥadīth.”)
[Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, 1775]
Furthermore, in Sunan Ibn Mājah (3618), this narration from Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنه appears through another chain, but it contains tadlīs of al-Aʿmash.
Similarly, in Ibn Mājah (3619), the narration from ʿAbdullāh bin ʿUmar رضي الله عنهما includes tadlīs of Sufyān, and in Abū Dāwūd (4135), the narration from Jābir رضي الله عنه includes tadlīs of Abū al-Zubayr.
None of these chains are free from defects (ʿilal).
Conclusion:
Whether one wears shoes standing or sitting, both are permissible. One may do whichever is more convenient.
