حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ قَيْسٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ قَالَ أَرْسَلَنِي أَبِي إِلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَقُلْتُ أَأَدْخُلُ فَعَرَفَ صَوْتِي فَقَالَ أَيْ بُنَيَّ إِذَا أَتَيْتَ إِلَى قَوْمٍ فَقُلْ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَإِنْ رَدُّوا عَلَيْكَ فَقُلْ أَأَدْخُلُ قَالَ ثُمَّ رَأَى ابْنَهُ وَاقِدًا يَجُرُّ إِزَارَهُ فَقَالَ ارْفَعْ إِزَارَكَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ جَرَّ ثَوْبَهُ مِنْ الْخُيَلَاءِ لَمْ يَنْظُرْ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4884
It was narrated that Zayd ibn Aslam said: My father sent me to Ibn 'Umar and I said: May I come in? He recognised my voice and said: Yes, O my son. When you come to people, say As-salaamu 'alaykuin. If they answer you, then say: May I enter? Then he saw his son Waaqid letting his izaar drag on the ground and he said: Lift up your izaar, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say: "Whoever lets his garment drag out of pride, Allah will not look at him."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020