Sunan Ibn Majah
Chapters on Dress
كتاب اللباس
Chapter 6
مَنْ جَرَّ ثَوْبَهُ مِنَ الْخُيَلاَءِ
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from ʿAṭiyyah, from Abū Saʿīd, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Whoever drags his lower wrap out of pride, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.”
ʿAṭiyyah said: I met Ibn ʿUmar at al-Balāṭ and mentioned to him the hadith of Abū Saʿīd from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said, pointing to his ears, “My two ears heard it, and my heart retained it.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report distinguishes the initial narration through Abū Saʿīd from ʿAṭiyyah’s later exchange with Ibn ʿUmar, who affirms having heard and retained it.
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Bishr narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr, from Abū Salamah, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: A young man from Quraysh passed by Abū Hurayrah, dragging the hem of his garment. He said, “My nephew, I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: ‘Whoever drags his garment out of pride, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.’”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Sabal refers here to the trailing lower part or hem of the garment.
قَالَ مَرَّ بِأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَتًى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يَجُرُّ سَبَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " مَنْ جَرَّ ثَوْبَهُ مِنَ الْخُيَلاَءِ لَمْ يَنْظُرِ اللَّهُ له يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " .
Sabal is a less common garment term referring to its lower trailing part or hem.
Is ‘dragging the hem of his garment’ a clear rendering of the young man’s description?
Chapter 7
مَوْضِعِ الإِزَارِ أَيْنَ هُوَ
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; Abū al-Aḥwaṣ narrated to us, from Abū Isḥāq, from Muslim ibn Nudhayr, from Ḥudhayfah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took hold of the lower part of my calf—or his calf—and said, “This is where the lower wrap should be. If you refuse, then lower; if you refuse, then lower; if you refuse, the lower wrap has no right to reach the ankles.”
ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us; Abū Isḥāq narrated to me, from Muslim ibn Nudhayr, from Ḥudhayfah, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with a report like it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The first wording explicitly gives the alternative ‘my calf or his calf’; the pronoun’s referent is not resolved here. The repeated ‘if you refuse, then lower’ is preserved as stated.
قَالَ أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِأَسْفَلِ عَضَلَةِ سَاقِي أَوْ سَاقِهِ فَقَالَ " هَذَا مَوْضِعُ الإِزَارِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ .
The phrase alternates between ‘my calf or his calf,’ and the conditional ‘if you refuse, then lower’ does not restate what is refused.
Does retaining both the pronoun alternative and the repeated conditional wording avoid resolving ambiguities absent from the Arabic?
فَأَسْفَلَ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَأَسْفَلَ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَلاَ حَقَّ لِلإِزَارِ فِي الْكَعْبَيْنِ " .
The final expression personifies the lower garment as having no right at the ankles.
Does ‘the lower wrap has no right to reach the ankles’ preserve the emphatic formulation?
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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from al-ʿAlāʾ ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from his father, who said: I asked Abū Saʿīd, “Did you hear anything from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, about the lower wrap?” He replied, “Yes. I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: ‘The believer’s lower wrap should reach halfway down his shins. There is no blame on him for what is between that and the ankles, but whatever is below the ankles is in the Fire.’” He said three times: “Allah will not look at the one who drags his lower wrap out of arrogance.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report gives the clothing guidance in stages: mid-shin, then the area down to the ankles, followed by a warning concerning what is below the ankles. The subject of ‘he said three times’ is not restated in the Arabic.
رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ شَيْئًا فِي الإِزَارِ قَالَ نَعَمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ " إِزْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ سَاقَيْهِ لاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْكَعْبَيْنِ وَمَا أَسْفَلَ مِنَ الْكَعْبَيْنِ فِي النَّارِ " .
The Arabic says the believer’s lower wrap is to the halves of his shins and permits the area between that and the ankles.
Does ‘halfway down his shins’ convey anṣāf sāqayhi accurately and clearly?
يَقُولُ ثَلاَثًا " لاَ يَنْظُرُ اللَّهُ إِلَى مَنْ جَرَّ إِزَارَهُ بَطَرًا " .
The Arabic says ‘he says three times’ without restating whether the speaker is the Prophet or Abū Saʿīd.
Should ‘He said three times’ remain without specifying the subject?
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us; Sharīk informed us, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, from Ḥuṣayn ibn Qabīṣah, from al-Mughīrah ibn Shuʿbah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Sufyān ibn Sahl, do not let your garment trail, for Allah does not love those who let their garments trail.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The verb tasbil refers to letting the garment hang or trail down; the Arabic does not repeat ‘garment’ after the direct address, so it is supplied from the context.
Chapter 8
لُبْسِ الْقَمِيصِ
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Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī narrated to us; Abū Tumaylah narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn Khālid, from Ibn Buraydah, from his mother, from Umm Salamah, who said: No garment was more beloved to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, than the shirt.
Chapter 9
طُولِ الْقَمِيصِ كَمْ هُوَ
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī narrated to us, from Ibn Abī Rawwād, from Sālim, from his father, from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: “Letting garments trail may occur with the lower wrap, the shirt, and the turban. Whoever drags any of them out of pride, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.” Abū Bakr said, “How strange it is!”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic names three garments in connection with isbāl (letting a garment trail) and then says ‘whoever drags something’ out of pride. The final remark ‘How strange it is!’ is attributed to Abū Bakr in the report.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " الإِسْبَالُ فِي الإِزَارِ وَالْقَمِيصِ وَالْعِمَامَةِ مَنْ جَرَّ شَيْئًا خُيَلاَءَ لَمْ يَنْظُرِ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " .
Isbāl is stated for the lower wrap, shirt, and turban, and the next clause refers broadly to dragging ‘something’ out of pride.
Does ‘letting garments trail may occur with… whoever drags any of them’ preserve the scope and transition of the Arabic?
قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَا أَغْرَبَهُ .
Abū Bakr’s short reaction can mean ‘how strange’ or ‘how unusual.’
Does ‘How strange it is!’ convey the brief reaction without further explanation?
Chapter 10
كُمِّ الْقَمِيصِ كَمْ يَكُونُ
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Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Ḥakīm al-Awdī narrated to us; Abū Ghassān narrated to us, saying: Ḥasan ibn Ṣāliḥ narrated to us. And Sufyān ibn Wakīʿ narrated to us; my father narrated to us, from Ḥasan ibn Ṣāliḥ, from Muslim, from Mujāhid, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to wear a shirt that was short in its sleeves and its length.
Chapter 11
حَلِّ الأَزْرَارِ
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Abū Bakr narrated to us; Ibn Dukayn narrated to us, from Zuhayr, from ʿUrwah ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qushayr. Muʿāwiyah ibn Qurrah narrated to me, from his father, who said: I came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and pledged allegiance to him, while the button of his shirt was unfastened.
ʿUrwah said: I never saw Muʿāwiyah or his son, in winter or summer, except with their buttons unfastened.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic includes ʿUrwah’s follow-up observation about Muʿāwiyah and his son in both winter and summer; this sentence is retained although it is absent from the English witness displayed for this source.
قَالَ عُرْوَةُ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ وَلاَ ابْنَهُ فِي شِتَاءٍ وَلاَ صَيْفٍ إِلاَّ مُطْلَقَةً أَزْرَارُهُمَا .
The Arabic includes an additional statement from ʿUrwah about Muʿāwiyah and his son in winter and summer, which is absent from the supplied English witness.
Does ‘I never saw Muʿāwiyah or his son, in winter or summer, except with their buttons unfastened’ align with the full Arabic?
Chapter 12
لُبْسِ السَّرَاوِيلِ
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah and ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; they both said: Wakīʿ narrated to us. And Muḥammad ibn Bashshār narrated to us; Yaḥyā and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān said: Sufyān narrated to us, from Simāk ibn Ḥarb, from Suwayd ibn Qays, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to us and bargained with us over a pair of trousers.
Chapter 13
ذَيْلِ الْمَرْأَةِ كَمْ يَكُونُ
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Abū Bakr narrated to us; al-Muʿtamir ibn Sulaymān narrated to us, from ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, from Nāfiʿ, from Sulaymān ibn Yasār, from Umm Salamah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked, “How much should a woman let her hem trail?” He replied, “A handspan.” I said, “Then it would expose her.” He said, “A cubit; she must not add beyond that.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic does not specify what would be exposed by a handspan; the pronoun is retained without supplying body parts. A cubit (dhirāʿ) is a forearm-length measure.
قُلْتُ إِذًا يَنْكَشِفَ عَنْهَا .
The Arabic says only that ‘it would be exposed from her’ and does not name the body part or area.
Does ‘Then it would expose her’ preserve the unexpressed referent without over-specifying it?
قَالَ ذِرَاعٌ لاَ تَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِ " .
The Arabic uses the traditional measure dhirāʿ and says not to increase beyond it.
Is ‘a cubit; she must not add beyond that’ clear while retaining the measure and limit?
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Abū Bakr narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Zayd al-ʿAmmī, from Abū al-Ṣiddīq al-Nājī, from Ibn ʿUmar, that the wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, were granted an allowance of one cubit for their hems. They would come to us, and we would measure out one cubit for them with a reed.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report states the measure both as an allowance for the hem and as the length measured with a reed; ‘cubit’ renders dhirāʿ in both places.
ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رُخِّصَ لَهُنَّ فِي الذَّيْلِ ذِرَاعًا فَكُنَّ يَأْتِيَنَّا فَنَذْرَعُ لَهُنَّ بِالْقَصَبِ ذِرَاعًا .
Dhirāʿ is a traditional forearm-length measure, whose exact modern equivalent is not specified.
Does ‘one cubit’ preserve the measure without implying a fixed modern conversion?
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us; Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Abū al-Muhazzim, from Abū Hurayrah, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to Fāṭimah—or to Umm Salamah: “Your hem is a cubit.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic itself gives an alternative between Fāṭimah and Umm Salamah as the addressee; the alternative is retained.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ لِفَاطِمَةَ أَوْ لأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ " ذَيْلُكِ ذِرَاعٌ " .
The report says ‘to Fāṭimah or to Umm Salamah,’ leaving the addressee uncertain.
Does retaining the alternative accurately preserve the report’s uncertainty?
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; ʿAffān narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Wārith narrated to us; Ḥabīb al-Muʿallim narrated to us, from Abū al-Muhazzim, from Abū Hurayrah, from ʿĀʾishah, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said concerning women’s hems, “A handspan.” ʿĀʾishah said, “Then their lower legs would show.” He said, “Then a cubit.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic says ‘their shins/calves would emerge’; ‘lower legs would show’ preserves the body-part reference without adding detail.
Chapter 14
الْعِمَامَةِ السَّوْدَاءِ
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Hishām ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us; Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from Musāwir al-Warrāq, from Jaʿfar ibn ʿAmr ibn Ḥurayth, from his father, who said: I saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, preaching from the pulpit with a black turban on.
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; Wakīʿ narrated to us; Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Abū al-Zubayr, from Jābir, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered Makkah wearing a black turban.
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; ʿUbayd Allāh narrated to us; Mūsā ibn ʿUbaydah informed us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dīnār, from Ibn ʿUmar, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered Makkah on the day of its conquest wearing a black turban.
Chapter 15
إِرْخَاءِ الْعِمَامَةِ بَيْنَ الْكَتِفَيْنِ
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; Abū Usāmah narrated to us, from Musāwir. Jaʿfar ibn ʿAmr ibn Ḥurayth narrated to me, from his father, who said: It is as though I can see the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wearing a black turban, with its two ends hanging down between his shoulders.
Chapter 16
كَرَاهِيَةِ لُبْسِ الْحَرِيرِ
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; Ismāʿīl ibn ʿUlayyah narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Whoever wears silk in this world will not wear it in the Hereafter.”
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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; ʿAlī ibn Mushir narrated to us, from al-Shaybānī, from Ashʿath ibn Abī al-Shaʿthāʾ, from Muʿāwiyah ibn Suwayd, from al-Barāʾ, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade dibāj, silk, and istabraq (heavy brocade).
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Dibāj and istabraq are distinct luxury fabric terms, both associated with brocade; the Arabic also separately names silk. The transliterations preserve those distinctions.
قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَنِ الدِّيبَاجِ وَالْحَرِيرِ وَالإِسْتَبْرَقِ .
Dibāj and istabraq are specific textile terms that overlap in some English glosses, while the Arabic lists them separately from silk.
Does retaining the Arabic terms with a brief gloss preserve the three-item distinction?