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    Is Wearing Pants Below The Ankles Haram?

    Posted by Kumail Hadi on February 23, 2026 at 5:50 am

    Assalamu alaikum,

    I’m trying to understand the ruling on isbal (a man letting his lower garment or pants go below the ankles). Here are the main hadiths I found:

    Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The part of an Izar which hangs below the ankles is in the Fire.”

    — Sahih al-Bukhari 5787

    Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever drags his lower garment out of pride/conceit, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.”

    — Sahih al-Bukhari (Book of Dress) & Sahih Muslim (e.g., 106a–108c)

    Narrated Jabir bin Sulaym (or similar): The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Beware of lowering your garment (below the ankles), for verily it is from arrogance/conceit (makhila), and Allah does not like arrogance.”

    — Sunan Abi Dawud 4084 (graded sahih)

    Narrated Abu Bakr: “One side of my Izar slips down unless I take care of it.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “You are not one of those who do it out of pride/arrogance.”

    — Sahih al-Bukhari 5784

    Narrated Abu Sa’id al-Khudri: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “…whatever is lower than the ankles is in Hell. Whoever trails his Izar out of conceit, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.”

    — Sunan Abi Dawud 4093 (graded sahih)

    And another hadith saying that a companion told another companion to lift his pants up and on another hadith asked if he had menses( meaning are u a woman) because his garment was below his ankle

    So my question is:

    Based on these hadiths, is letting the garment/pants go below the ankles haram for men in all cases (even if there is no pride, arrogance, or showing off), or is it only haram when done out of pride/arrogance and some people say without pride the part of the place will be in hell and if with pride Allah will not look at him. Please answer my questions as it gives me a lot of doubt

    JazakAllah khair for your time and clarification

    Kumail Hadi replied 48 minutes ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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