1262 – Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him) said: “Allah will not look at the one who drags his garment out of khuyalāʾ (arrogant self-conceit).” Agreed upon. (1)

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Vocabulary of the ḥadith
• khuyalāʾ: the khāʾ carries a ḍamma and the word ends with an extended alif. It refers to haughtiness and self-admiration. In the sentence it serves as a circumstantial qualifier describing the doer of “drags.”

Points derived from the ḥadith
1 – The report contains a severe threat against anyone who drags his garment in arrogance: Allah turns away from him and will not look at him with mercy, compassion, or kindness. This warning establishes that isbāl (letting one’s garment fall below the ankles) is prohibited and ranks among the major sins.

2 – The scholars are unanimous in forbidding isbāl when it is motivated by pride and arrogance, but they disagree about its ruling when done without such pride:
• A number of them maintain that allowing the garment to descend below the ankles is unlawful in every case—whether done out of arrogance or not—citing the totality of the textual evidence. Yet the person who deliberately trails his clothes so that they touch the ground is the one encompassed by the fullest warning: Allah will not look at him, speak to him, purify him, and for him is a painful punishment.
• As for someone whose waist-wrap (izār) or shirt merely drops below the ankles without actually dragging on the ground, only the portion of the garment that hangs beneath the ankles will be in the Fire. This threat is lighter than the former because the deed itself is less serious.