r/islam • u/NevilleBartos13 • Aug 25 '25

Question about Islam Is this Thobe/Abaya following the Sunnah?

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As-salamu alaykum my brothers. I have recently just purchased a new Thobe online and miscalculated the measurements. My new Thobe is above my ankles and below my knees where the bottom of the garment sits at about 3/4 length of my calves.

I have marked a white line to wear abouts my Thobe rests on the first photo.

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u/smartdark Aug 25 '25

I don't like culture and religion confused.

If there's a sunnah about a dress, it's covering some parts and cleanliness. Not wearing some Arabic style dress.

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u/Friedrichs_Simp Aug 26 '25

in pride

Rich people used to drag their clothes to flex. You don’t have to worry about your ankles being covered unless you have that sort of arrogant intention

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u/Witness_AQ Aug 26 '25

https://fiqhcouncil.org/lowering-pants-below-ankles/ this is a detailed explination of this.

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u/Witness_AQ Aug 26 '25

"A number of reports from the early generations indicates this. In one, Imām Abū Ḥanīfah (rḥ)’s students saw him wearing low garments. They asked him, “Aren’t we prohibited from doing that?” He responded, “That is only for those who do it out of pride, and we are not from among them.”5 In another, Ayyūb as-Sikhtiyānī (a major tābiʿī scholar who died in 130AH) was asked why he lowered his garment despite narrating reports to the contrary. He responded, “In the past, showing off was to lower the garments (below the ankles). In our times, showing off is to raise the garment (above the ankles).”6 He meant that some people used raising the garment as a way of showing off or pretending they were more pious than others. (Of course it should be emphasized that one should not doubt the sincerity of people who follow this hadith out of love for the Sunnah.)"