Folding Pants in Salah

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CHAPTER I

Ahadith on prohibition of wearing gar-ments which hang below the ankles.

Our Prophet prohibited wearing clothes

which hang below the ankles. Below are someof the ahadith narrated inSihah Sitta regard-ing this and which serve as main reference ofthe Wahhabis for their claim to fold the pantsin Salah. Since the Wahhabis are ignorant of

the Quran and the Sunnah, they can't com-prehend even the clear hadith text. The hadithclearly says that it is prohibited only whendone out of pride and conceit.

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said,

"The part of anIzar which hangs below the an-


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kles is in the Fire. (Book: Dress, Chapter: Thepart of the garment that hangs below the an-kles is in the Fire,Sahih al-Bukhari)

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet

or'Abul Qasim) said, "While a man was walking,clad in a two-piece garment and proud ofhimself with his hair well-combed, suddenly Allah made him sink into the earth and he will

go on sinking into it till the Day of Resurrec-tion.(Book : Dress, Chapter: Whoever dragshis garment out of pride and arrogance, Sa-hih al-Bukhari)


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Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said,"While a man was walking,dragging hisdress with pride , he was caused to be swal-lowed by the earth and will go on sinking in ittill the Day of Resurrection.(Book : Prophets,Sahih al-Bukhari)

Hazrat Hudhaifah bin Al-Yamaan radiyallahuanhu reports that Rasoolullah sallallahualaihe wasallam caught the shin of my leg, or


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of his own leg and said, "This is where thelungi should reach, and if not, then a littlefurther down, and if not, then the lungi hasno right on the ankle." (Shama'il Muham-madiyah , The Lungi Of Rasoolullah

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CHAPTER II

Ahadith on prohibition of folding ortucking up clothes in Salah.

The Prophet prohibited the folding of

clothes and hairs in Salah. In fact, Imam Buk-hari and Imam Muslim have written separatechapters on the prohibition of folding clothesand hairs in the Salah. Below are a fewahadith in this context.

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said,"We have been ordered to prostrates on sevenbones and not to tuck up the clothes or hair."


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(Book: Call to Prayers ( Adhaan) Chapter: Toprostrate on seven bones, Sahih Bukhari)

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:The Prophet said, "Ihave been ordered to prostrate on seven(bones) and not to tuck up the hair or gar-

ment."(Book: Call to Prayers, Chapter: Oneshould not tuck up his garment in As-Salat(the prayer), Sahih Bukhari)


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Narrated Ibn `Abbas:The Prophet said, "Ihave been ordered to prostrate on sevenbones i.e. on the forehead along with the tipof the nose and the Prophet ( ( pointedtowards his nose, both hands, both knees andthe toes of both feet and not to gather theclothes or the hair."(Call to Prayers (Adhaan),Chapter: To prostrate on the nose, Sahih al-Bukhari)

Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah( )Said: I was commanded to prostrate


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myself on the seven (bones) and forbidden tofold back hair and clothing. (The seven bonesare): forehead, nose, hands, knees and feet.(The Book of Prayers, Chapter: The Limbs OfProstration And The Prohibition Of TuckingUp One's Hair And Garment Or Having Ones

Hair In A Braid When Praying, Sahih Mus-lim)

Ibn 'Abbas reported: The Apostle of Allahhad been commanded that he should pros-trate on the seven (bones) and he was forbid-den to fold back the hair and clothing. And in


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the narration transmitted by Abu Rabi' (the words are):" on the seven bones and I was for-bidden to fold back the hair and clothing". Ac-cording to Abu'l-Rabi' (the seven bones are):The hands, the knees, and the (extremities) ofthe feet and the forehead.(The Book of

Prayers, Chapter: The Limbs Of Prostration And The Prohibition Of Tucking Up One'sHair And Garment Or Having Ones Hair In ABraid When Praying, Sahih Muslim)

".Ibn 'Abbas reported from the Messenger of Allah I was commanded to prostrate myselfon seven bones and not to fold back clothingor hair. (The Book of Prayers, Chapter: TheLimbs Of Prostration And The Prohibition Of


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Tucking Up One's Hair And Garment Or Hav-ing Ones Hair In A Braid When Praying, Sa-hih Muslim)

Ibn 'Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah ( ) had been commanded to prostrate onseven (bones) and forbidden to fold back hairand clothing.(The Book of Prayers, Chapter:

The Limbs Of Prostration And The Prohibi-tion Of Tucking Up One's Hair And GarmentOr Having Ones Hair In A Braid When Pray-ing, Sahih Muslim)


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.Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Al-lah said: I have been commanded toprostrate myself on seven bones:" forehead,"and then pointed with his hand towards hisnose, hands, feet, and the extremities of thefeet; and we were forbidden to fold backclothing and hair.(The Book of Prayers, Chap-ter: The Limbs Of Prostration And The Prohi-bition Of Tucking Up One's Hair And Gar-ment Or Having Ones Hair In A Braid WhenPraying, Sahih Muslim)

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Ibn Abbasreported the Prophet as saying: I have been


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Ibn Abbas narrated:"The Prophet orderedthat one should prostrate on seven bones andthat he should not gather his hair nor his gar-ment."(The Book on Salat (Prayer), Chapter: What Has Been Related About Prostrating OnSeven Bones, Jame Tirmizi)


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CHAPTER III

From Chapter I and II it is clear that Prophet( )Prohibited wearing the garments whichhang below the ankles and also prohibitedfolding the clothes in Salah.

The Sunnah is to wear the pants that areabove the ankles and don't cover them. How-ever, if a person is wearing pants which coverthe ankles, should he fold it or leave it as it is?

According to Ahl us-Sunnah, the personshould leave the pants as it is and should notfold it because the prohibition of wearing gar-ments below the ankles is only when it is doneout of pride and ego.

The ahadith mentioned in chapter I clearlystate that this prohibition is applicable only tothe person who does it out of pride. Also, when the Prophet prohibited the below


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ankle garments, Hazrat Abu Bakr came to theProphet and said that his Izar slips downdue to his stomach and covers the ankles. TheProphet said that it is fine as it is not doneout of pride or conceit.

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:The Prophet ( ( said Allah will not look, on the Day of

Resurrection at the person who drags his gar-ment (behind him) out of conceit. On that Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Messenger !Oneside of my Izar hangs low if I do not take careof it." The Prophet said, 'You are not one of


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those who do that out of conceit."(Book:Dress, Chapter: Whoever dragged his Izar without conceit, Sahih al-Bukhari)

The Messengerof Allah [ ] said: "Whoever drags hisgarment out of pride, Allah will not look athim on the Day of Resurrection." Abu Bakrsaid: "O Messenger of Allah, one side of my

Izar slips unless I pay attention to it." TheProphet [ ]: "You are not one of those who dothat out of pride."( The Book of Adornment,Chapter: Isbal Al-Izar (Letting the Izar HangBelow the Ankles), Sunan an-Nasa'i)


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The Messenger of Allah as saying: If anyonetrails his garment arrogantly, Allah will notlook at him on the Day of Resurrection. Then Abu Bakr said: One of the sides of my lowergarment trails, but still I remain careful aboutit. He said: You are not one of those who doout of conceit.(Book : Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas), Chapter: What Has Been Reported Re-garding Isbal With The Izar, Sunan AbiDawud)


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CHAPTER IV

Though it is clear from the ahadith that theprohibition of lowering the garment whichcovers the ankles, applies only to the people who do it for pride and conceit. In addition to

that, we cite a few references from the booksof the Jurists.

One of the most famous textal-Hidaya states:

i.e. And thegarment should not be folded as it is a kind ofconceit and pride. (Hidaya Awwalain, Page:101)Fatawa Alamgiri states:

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It is disliked for amusalli to play with hisclothes or beard or body and folding ofclothes is also disliked, like lifting the clothesfrom the front or from the back while goingto sijdah, as stated in Meraj ud-Dari (Fatawa Alamgiri, Vol: 1, Page; 105)

Imam Ahmad Rida Khan writes, "It is(folding of clothes in Salah) indeed dislikedand strongly disliked. It is narrated in SihahSitta that the Prophet ( ( said, 'I have been

ordered to prostrate on seven bones and notto fold hairs and clothes.'"

Its in Sahihain that the Prophet ( ( said, "Ihave been commanded not to fold hairs and

clothes."

Its written in all themutoon (major texts) ofjurisprudence:


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i.e. folding the clothes is disliked.

Its in Fath ul-Qadeer& Bahr ur-Raiq : i.e. folding ofsleeves also comes under the folding of

clothes ( (

In Durre Mukhtarit is stated that:

)Lifting of cloth is disliked even when it isdone to avoid the soiling, like folding thesleeves or the bottom wear) ,

In Ghunyah:


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It is disliked to fold/lift the clothes in Salah with minor actions (amal-e-qalil) such as lift-ing the cloth from front or from back while

going forSajdah or starting the Salah in sucha state that his sleeves and bottom garmentsare folded)( , )

So it is a must to unfold the sleeves and pray,even though he may miss arakat (in unfoldingthe sleeves) and if he prays without unfold-ing, then Salah is required to be repeated asevery Salah prayed withkarahat (dislike)should be repeated, as mentioned inDurreMukhtar etc.)(Fatawa Ridawiyah, Vol 7, Page53)


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Conclusion

The pants should be made such that it isabove ankle all the times.

If the pants covers the ankles it mustnot be folded (either from outside or

from inside) as it will make the Salahprohibitively disliked (mahrooh-e-tehreemi) and Salah will required to berepeated.

Similarly rolling up the sleeves and

tucking in the shirt is also disliked inSalah. Sleeves must be unrolled andshirt should be tucked out of pant inSalah.

and the absolute knowledge is with Almighty Allah.

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