Abu Tamimah Hajimi narrated from a man of his tribe, who said: I asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) about the lower garment and said: Up to where should I wear it? He raised his garment up to the bone of his shin and said: Tie your izar up to here. If you refuse this, then keep it a little below this. If you refuse even this, then keep it above the ankles, because Allah does not like the arrogant and boastful person. Then I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about righteousness.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Amr bin Fulan Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), he says that he was walking in such a state that his lower garment (izar) was hanging below his ankles, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) met him, in such a state that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was holding his forehead and saying: O Allah! I am Your servant, the son of Your servant, and the son of Your maidservant. Amr says: I said, O Messenger of Allah! My shins are thin. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Amr! Indeed, Allah has created everything beautifully. O Amr! Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) placed the four fingers of his right hand below Amr’s knee and said: This is the place of the izar. Then he lifted them and placed four fingers (distance) below the previous ones and said: This is the place of the izar. Then he lifted them and placed them below the second four fingers and said: Amr! This is the place of the izar.

Shureid bin Suwaid (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man from Banu Thaqif who was dragging his lower garment. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) quickly walked behind him until he caught hold of his garment and said: "Raise your lower garment." The man lifted his garment from his knees and said: "O Messenger of Allah! My feet are large and my knees knock together." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every creature created by Allah is beautiful and good." After that, whenever that man was seen, his lower garment would be up to half of his shins, and this remained his condition until his death.

Sayyiduna Ubaidah bin Khalaf narrates: I came to Madinah when I was still a young man. I was wearing a striped lower garment which was dragging on the ground. A man caught up with me and struck me with a stick, saying, "If you raise this garment, it will last longer for you and will also be cleaner." I turned around and saw that it was the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). I said, "O Messenger of Allah! This is a black and white striped sheet." He said, "Even though it is a black and white sheet, is there not the best example for you in me?" I looked at his lower garment and it was above the ankles and below the calf muscle.

Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) held my calf muscle and said, "This is the place to tie the lower garment. If you object to this, then let it be a little below it, and if you object to even that, then there is no allowance for keeping the lower garment below the ankles."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever drags his garment on the ground out of arrogance, Allah Almighty will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection. Imam Nafi’ says: I have been informed that Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) asked: What command is there for us regarding lowering the garment? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Let it down by a handspan. She said: Then our feet may become visible. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Let it down by a forearm’s length, but do not let it hang more than that.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) permitted the Mothers of the Believers to let their garments hang down by a handspan. But when they requested more, he (peace and blessings be upon him) allowed them to let it hang down by an additional handspan. Thus, they would let it hang down to a forearm’s length, and they used to send the cloth to us, and we would measure it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) instructed Sayyida Fatimah and Sayyida Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with them both) to let their garments hang down by one hand span.

Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the hem of women’s garments that it should be one span. But I said: Then their shins will become visible. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then let it hang down a hand’s length.

It is narrated from Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: I said, "O Messenger of Allah! What is the ruling for women regarding letting their garments hang down?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let the hem hang down by a handspan." I said, "O Messenger of Allah! Then their feet will become uncovered." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let it be a forearm's length, and do not increase more than that."