The Ruling on Dragging one's Lower Garment out of Custom, Not Arrogance

Question :

In a Hadith, Allâh's Messenger stated that whatever falls below the ankles is in the Fire. We let our garments fall below the ankles, but not from arrogance or pride, merely out of custom and habit, is that unlawful? Will one be in the Fire for letting his garment fall below the ankles, yet he believes in Allâh? May Allâh reward you.

Answer:

It is confirmed that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"What is below the ankles from the Izar is in the Fire."

He ﷺ also 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 garment hang below his ankles, the Mannan in what he gives, and the Munffiq who does his business with false oaths."

The Hadiths with this meaning are many proving the prohibition of Al-Isbal, without qualification. If someone says they are not doing it from pride, they do not know that this practice leads to pride, that it is a form of waste regarding the garment, and that it makes the garment vulnerable to any impurities that may be on the ground.

Had that person done it from pride, the matter would be more severe and the sin would be greater, because of the saying of the Prophet ﷺ :
"Whoever drags his Izar out of arrogance, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Judgement."

The limit for this is the ankles, so a Muslim male is not allowed to let his clothes fall below his ankles due to the Hadiths mentioned.

As for a woman, it is allowed for her to lower her garment in order to cover her feet. As for what is reported from As-Siddiq (Abu Bakr), may Allah be pleased with him, he said to the Prophet ﷺ: "My Izar falls unless I take care (to hold it up)." The Prophet ﷺ said to him:
"You are not one of those who does it out of conceit."

This only means that the person whose Izar hangs low does not enter under the warning of punishment if it happens unintentionally and if he tries to keep it up. But whoever else does it is accused of arrogance, or if not, then his action leads to arrogance, and it is Allah Almighty alone who knows what is in the hearts.

The Prophet ﷺ warned against Al-Ishal in Hadiths without making any qualification for the prohibition - he didn't say it is allowed if it is done without pride.

It is obligatory upon every Muslim. warn against that which Allâh has forbidden, to stay far away from anything that leads to His anger, and to stop at the limits Allâh has set. He does this hoping for Allah's reward and fearing His punishment, acting upon Allah the Almighty's saying:
"And whatsoever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it). And have Taqwa of Allah; verily Allah is Severe in punishment."
"And whosoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, and transgresses His (set) limits, He will cast him into the Fire, to abide therein; and he shall suffer a disgraceful torment."