Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 3 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 242

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يَعْنِي العَرَاقِيبَ الَّتِي لَمْ يُسْبِغُوا وُضُوءَهَا، فَالْعِقَابُ بِالنَّارِ يَكُونُ عَامًّا؛ كَأَنْ يُخْرَقَ الإِنْسَانُ كُلُّهُ بِالنَّارِ وَالْعِيَاذُ بِاللَّهِ - وَيَكُونُ فِي بَعْضِ الْبَدَنِ الَّذِي حَصَلَتْ فِيهِ الْمُخَالَفَةُ، وَلَا غَرَابَةَ فِي ذَلِكَ.

This refers to heels that were not washed thoroughly during ablution. The punishment by fire may be general—engulfing the entire person, God forbid—or it may be localized to the specific part of the body where the transgression occurred. There is nothing strange about that.

وَبِهَذَا نَعْرِفُ ضَعْفَ قَوْلِ النَّوَوِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ: تَحْرِيمُ الإِسْبَالِ خُيَلَاءَ، وَكَرَاهَتُهُ لِغَيْرِ الْخُيَلَاءِ، وَالصَّحِيحُ أَنَّهُ حَرَامٌ مَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْكَعْبَيْنِ سَوَاءٌ أَكَانَ خُيَلَاءَ، أَمْ غَيْرَ خُيَلَاءَ؛ بَلِ الصَّحِيحُ أَنَّهُ مِنْ كَبَائِرِ الذُّنُوبِ؛ لِأَنَّ كَبَائِرَ الذُّنُوبِ: كُلُّ ذَنْبٍ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عُقُوبَةً خَاصَّةً بِهِ، وَهَذَا عَلَيْهِ عُقُوبَةٌ خَاصَّةٌ؛ فَفِيهِ الْوَعِيدُ بِالنَّارِ إِذَا كَانَ لِغَيْرِ الْخُيَلَاءِ، وَفِيهِ الْوَعِيدُ بِالْعُقُوبَاتِ الْأَرْبَعِ إِذَا كَانَ خُيَلَاءَ، لَا يُكَلِّمُهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ، وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِ، وَلَهُ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ.

This reveals the weakness in the view held by al-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy on him, that letting one's garment hang low is prohibited only out of arrogance and merely disliked otherwise. The correct position is that anything falling below the ankles is forbidden, regardless of whether it is done out of arrogance. In fact, it is one of the major sins, as major sins are defined by Allah assigning a specific punishment to them. This act carries such a penalty: the threat of fire for those who do it without arrogance, and four specific punishments for those who do it out of pride—Allah will neither speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor look at them, nor purify them, and they will face a painful torment.

وَخَتَمَ الْمُؤَلِّفُ بِحَدِيثِ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: «ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَلَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ، وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ» فَقَرَأَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ.

The author concludes with the hadith of Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, in which the Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 'There are three whom Allah will not speak to on the Day of Resurrection, nor look at, nor purify, and they will have a painful torment.' He repeated this three times.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (24 verbs · 52 nouns)

• أَسْبَغَ — to perform thoroughly
• كَانَ — to be
• خَرَقَ — to tear
• عُرْقُوب — heel tendon
• وُضُوء — ablution
• عِقَاب — punishment