The Ruling on Dragging the Garments without Conceit

Question :

Is dragging the garments without conceit unlawful or not?

Answer:

Dragging the garments is unlawful for men regardless of whether one does so out pride or not. But if one does so out of pride, the punishment is more severe and greater, as is clarified in the Hadith of Abu Tharr which is confirmed in Sahih Muslim; that the Prophet ﷺ said:
"There are three that Allah will not speak to on the Day of Judgement, will not look at them, will not purify them; and for them is a painful punishment: one who lets his garment hang below his ankles, the Mannan in what he gives, and the Munffiq who does his business with false oaths.

Though this Hadith is general, it is qualified by the Hadith of Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, in which the Prophet ﷺ said:
"Whoever drags his garment out of conceit, Allah will not look at him."

So what is general in the Hadith of Abu Tharr is restricted by the Hadith of Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them. When it is done out of arrogance then Allah does not look at him nor purify him and he will receive a painful punishment. This punishment is greater than the punishment mentioned in the case of one who lets his Izar hang below his ankles without arrogance. About this the Prophet ﷺ said:
"What is below the ankles from the Izar is in the Fire."

Since the two punishments differ, it is not possible to use the general to interpret the specific because the rule is that the general can only be used to interpret the specific when the condition is such that the two texts give the same judgement.

But when the judgements differ, then the one cannot be restricted by the other.

For this reason, we do not interpret the verse about ablution with the verse about Tayammum, in which Allah Almighty said:
"Rubbing your faces and hands (with it)."

Whereas He said in the verse about ablution:
"..Then wash your faces and hands (forearms) up to the elbows."

Yet At-Tayammum does not include elbows.

This is also demonstrated in what is recorded by Malik and others in the Hadith of Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri, that the Prophet ﷺ said:
"The Izar of the believer is to the middle of his shin, and what is below the ankles is in the Fire. And whoever drags his garment out of arrogance, Allah will not look at him.

The Prophet mentioned two cases in one Hadith and explained their different rulings by the different punishments, since they are different actions they have different rulings and punishments.

So this clarifies the mistake of those who explain his saying:
What is below the ankles is in the Fire."

by his ﷺ saying:
"Whoever drags his garment out of conceit, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Judgement"

Then, if a person is reprimanded for Ishal he says, "I am not doing it out of arrogance." So we say to him: There are two types of Ishal, the type whose punishment is that the person will suffer a punishment where he contravened only and that is what is below the ankles when it is done without arrogance. So in that case he suffers a punishment where he opposed only, in that what is below the ankles will be punished in the Fire, but he does not receive the punishment of Allah not looking at him nor purifying him. The second type of punishment is that Allah will not speak to him, look at him, nor purify him on the Day of Judgement, and he will receive a painful punishment. This is the punishment for the one who does it out of arrogance, and this is our view.