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nasai-kubra:9608 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And Muḥammad b. Qudāmah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Isḥāq > Muslim b. Yazīd > Ḥudhayfah

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'The Izar should come to the middle of the shins and the calf. If you insist, then a little lower, and if you insist, then a little further down, but the Izar has no right to (come to) the ankle." This is the wordings of Muhammad. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5329)

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٦٠٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَوْضِعُ الْإِزَارِ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ السَّاقَيْنِ الْعَضَلَةِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَأَسْفَلَ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَمِدَقُّ السَّاقِ وَلَا حَقَّ لِلْكَعْبَيْنِ فِي الْإِزَارِ اللَّفْظُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ

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nasai:5329 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And Muḥammad b. Qudāmah > Jarīr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Isḥāq > Muslim b. Nudhayr > Ḥudhayfah

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'The Izar should come to the middle of the shins and the calf. If you insist, then a little lower, and if you insist, then a little further down, but the Izar has no right to (come to) the ankle." This is the wordings of Muhammad.

النسائي:٥٣٢٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ نُذَيْرٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَوْضِعُ الإِزَارِ إِلَى أَنْصَافِ السَّاقَيْنِ وَالْعَضَلَةِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَأَسْفَلَ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَمِنْ وَرَاءِ السَّاقِ وَلاَ حَقَّ لِلْكَعْبَيْنِ فِي الإِزَارِ وَاللَّفْظُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ

tirmidhi:1783 – Qutaybah > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Abū Isḥāq > Muslim b. Nadhīr > Ḥudhayfah

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of the calf of my shin - or his shin - and he said: "This is the place of the Izar, if you must lower it, then the Izar has no right to be on the ankles."

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. Ath-Thawri and Shu'bah reported it from Abu Ishaq.

الترمذي:١٧٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ نَذِيرٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ

أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِعَضَلَةِ سَاقِي أَوْ سَاقِهِ فَقَالَ هَذَا مَوْضِعُ الإِزَارِ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَأَسْفَلُ فَإِنْ أَبَيْتَ فَلاَ حَقَّ لِلإِزَارِ فِي الْكَعْبَيْنِ

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ رَوَاهُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَشُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ

suyuti:23702a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٢٣٧٠٢a –

"مَوْضِعُ الإزَارِ إِلَى نِصْفِ السَّاقَينِ وَالْعَضَلَةِ، فَإِنْ أَبَيتَ فَأَسْفَلَ، فَإِنْ أَبَيتَ فَمِنْ وَرَاءِ السَّاقِ، وَلَا حَقَّ لِلْكَعْبَينِ في الإِزَارِ".

[ن] النسائي عن حذيفة، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن سمرة