I have spoken only of lengthening trousers and lower garments because this misconception has arisen among some young men. As for certain shaykhs—especially in Egypt—lengthening the skirts of their outer robes, and rulers in some Arab lands lengthening their cloaks, the reprehensibility of this is plainly evident. We ask Allah for safety and guidance.

I wrote this in the hope that anyone affected by the aforementioned misconception may be sincere, so that, once the truth becomes clear to him, he will hasten to abandon that affliction—as did the young man who was wearing a garment from Sana'a and dragging it below his ankles. Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said to him, “Come here, young man!” He said, “What do you want, Abu Abd al-Rahman?” He said, “Woe to you! Would you like Allah to look at you on the Day of Resurrection?” He replied, “Glory be to Allah! What would make me not wish for that?” He said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: ‘Allah does not look …’” Thereafter, that young man was seen only with his garment hitched up, until he died.

Al-Bayhaqi narrated it with an authentic chain of transmission. Ahmad (2/65) also narrated something similar from Ibn Umar through another route, but without the words: “Thereafter, he was not seen …”

2683 — “At the end of my ummah there will be men riding on mounts resembling camel saddles, who dismount at the doors of mosques. Their women will be clothed yet naked, with their heads resembling the humps of lean Bactrian camels. Curse them, for they are cursed. If there were to be a nation after you, your women would serve their women just as the women of the nations before you served you.”

It was narrated by Ahmad (2/223), al-Mukhallis in A Portion of the Fifth Volume of Selected Benefits and Rare Reports (fol. 264/1)—the wording is his—by Ibn Hibban in his Sahih (1454—Mawarid), and by al-Tabarani in al-Saghir (232—Hind) and al-Awsat