The Ruling Isbal Without Conceit and if one is Forced to do it

Question :

What is the ruling for letting the garment fall below the ankles out of arrogance or without arrogance? What if one is forced to this by one's family or by custom?

Answer:

The ruling is that it is unlawful in the case of a man due to the saying of the Prophet:
"Whatever is below the ankles of the Izar is in the Fire."

And in his Sahih, Muslim recorded that Abu Tharr, may Allah be pleased with him, said that Allah's Messenger ﷺ said:
"There are three people that Allah will not speak to on the Day of Judgement, will not look at them, will not purify them; and for them is a painful punishment: one who lets his Izar hang below his ankles, the Mannan with what he gives, and the Munffiq who does his business with false oaths."

These are two Hadiths, and their meanings are general, applying to one who drags the garment out of arrogance as well as the one who does it without arrogance. This is because the Prophet stated it in a general manner without qualification. When the Isbal is done with arrogance then it results in a sin greater and a threat more severe, due to his saying:
"Whoever drags his garment out of conceit, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Judgement."

It is not possible to think that the prohibition is limited to someone who does it out of arrogance, because the Messenger didn't qualify the prohibition in the previous two Hadith.

He also did not restrict that in another Hadith, where he said to some of his Companions:
"Beware of Isbal, for it is from conceit."

So he made all cases of Isbal arrogance, because it is normally not done without that. As for one who does not do it for that reason, then it is a means that leads to that. And a "means" holds the same ruling as an "end."

Furthermore, this is a form of waste, and letting one's garment. drag on the ground makes that garment susceptible to impurities on the ground. This is why, when 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, saw a young man letting his garment touch. the ground, he said, "Raise your garment, for it is more pious to your Lord and cleaner for your garment."

As for the case when Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, may Allâh be pleased with him, said: "O Messenger of Allah! "My Izar falls unless I take care (to hold it up)." The Prophet ﷺ said to him:
"You are not one of those who do so out of conceit."

So his point is that whoever tries to raise his garment when it is loose, then he is not dragging his garment out of arrogance, he merely cannot prevent it. It is just because it is hanging down while he takes care to raise it. So there is no doubt that this is a valid excuse. As for one who purposefully lets it hang, be it a Bushta, pants, Izar, shirt, then this falls under the threat, and he is not excused from dragging his garment. This is because the authentic Hadiths that prohibit Isbal are general in wording, meaning, and objective. So it is obligatory for every Muslim (male) to beware of Isbal and to have Taqwa of Allah in this matter, not allowing his garments to hang below his ankles in accordance with the authentic Hadiths that warn him of Allah's anger and punishment.

And with Allah is the facilitation to do what is right.