Is Wearing Pants Below The Ankles Haram?
Wa Alaikum Assalam, These hadiths should be understood in their proper context, meaning in the time of the Prophet ﷺ. In the pre-Islamic period, the Quraysh used to drag their garments on the ground while walking, and this was considered a sign of pride and arrogance. Therefore, the Prophet ﷺ gave stern warnings regarding this matter. Arrogance is a moral evil, and in the Qur’an one of the purposes of the Prophet’s mission is mentioned as tazkiyah, meaning purification. So whenever the Prophet ﷺ saw a moral corruption in his society, he warned against it and prohibited it. There were also certain specific matters that were related particularly to that time. The Prophet ﷺ himself defined arrogance in a hadith, which is narrated with a sound chain of transmission. Abdullah ibn Mas’ud رضي الله عنه reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever has even the weight of a mustard seed of arrogance in his heart will not enter Paradise.” A man asked: “What if a person likes to wear good clothes and have nice shoes? Is that arrogance?” The Prophet ﷺ replied: “Allah is Beautiful and loves beauty. Arrogance is to reject the truth and look down on people.” This hadith is recorded in Sahih Muslim, hadith number 91. Thus, arrogance is what has been defined in this hadith. Anything that is lawful in itself, but becomes a means of producing arrogance within a person, then that becomes sinful. This helps us understand that the warnings about dragging garments were not about the clothing itself, but about the pride and arrogance it represented at that time.