Trouser Below the ankles in Salaah
Wearing the trouoser on or below the ankles is haraam for males as well as for minor boys. The sin of the minors will be loaded on to the parents who permi t such haraam dress style. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) very sternly prohibited wearing the trousers on or below the ankles. He announced the punishment of the Fire for those who dress in this evil style. A Bid'ati institution commenting on this prohibition states:
Q. If the pant's hems are at the ankles can they be folded before performing Namaaz?
A. If pant's bottoms are at ankle
it is not allowed to fold them to perform namaz. Perform Namaz without folding them. If pant's hems are kept below ankles because of pride, it is HARAAM. In this case Namaaz will be Makrooh-e- Tehreemi (Wajib to repeat Namaz), otherwise it's only Makrooh-e-Tanzeehi which is Khilafe Aula in Namaaz. In case of folding the pants hems in Namaz will definitely be Makrooh-e-Tehreemi which will make it Wajib to perform the Namaaz again. It's in Hadith Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihe Wasallam) said: "I was ordered that not to fold hair and cloth (in Namaz)"
See Darr-e-Mukhtar with Shami Part one page 473, part one, Page 137)
(The above is a verbatim reproduction of the Bid'ati institution's fatwa, hence all the errors too have been reproduced.) The prohibition stated in the Hadith mentioned above applies to the commission of a haraam act. It is haraam for a man to plait his hair or tie his hair in the way females do. This is clearly mentioned in the very same text of Shaami from which the Bid'ati institution cited the abovementioned Hadith. Since it is haraam for men to adopt female hair styles, their Salaat will be discharged defectively if they perform Salaat with a haraam element on their body. The sin of the female hair style for men is of an aggravated nature when it is committed inside Salaat. As far as rolling up the trousers when performing Salaat, there is a difference. It is not like the hair tied in a female style or tying the hair to prevent it from touching the ground during Sajdah.
Firstly, it is haraam to wear the trousers on or below the ankles whether in Salaat or out of Salaat and whether there is an
intention of pride or not. Committing a haraam act at any time is evil and extremely grave regardless of the intention. Committing it inside Salaat is worse. Salaat performed with the trousers below the ankles has to be compulsorily repeated after correcting the haraam style. That is, a trousers of the right size should be worn and the Salaat repeated. If a man does not abandon his evil practice of wearing the trousers in the haraam fashion, then at least he should ensure that during Salaat his pants should be above the ankles. Although it is sinful to wear a trousers which hangs below the ankles, it will be essential for him to roll up such a haraam trousers before commencing Salaat so that at least during Salaat he does not indulge in the clear-cut haraam act. The meaning of the Hadith mentioned in Shaami to which the Bid'ati has referred is to prevent long hair and garments from touching the ground during Salaat. The Hadith does not refer to folding the pants above the ankles. In the first instance it is haraam to wear such a pants at any time. The Hadith refers to lawful garments – clothes which are permissible to wear. During Salaat the garments should not be held/ folded in any way to prevent them touching the ground nor should long hair be prevented from falling on to the ground during Sajdah. It is erroneous
to accord the Hadith such an interpretation which negates the other Ahaadith which prohibit wearing the trousers below the ankles.
It is also inconceivable that the Hadith permits the perpetration of a haraam act right inside Salaat when it prohibits that act outside Salaat. The haraam act is wearing the trousers below the ankles. The view of the Bid'ati institution is palpably incorrect.
