حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنِ الأَشْعَثِ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَمَّتِي تُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمِّهَا قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَا أَمشِي بِالْمَدِينَةِ إِذَا إِنْسَانٌ خَلْفِي يَقُولُ ارْفَعْ إِزَارَکَ فَإِنَّهُ أَتْقَی وَأَبْقَی فَإِذَا هُوَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلی الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ بُرْدَةٌ مَلْحَائُ قَالَ أَمَا لَکَ فِيَّ أُسْوَةٌ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا إِزَارُهُ إِلَی نِصْفِ سَاقَيْهِ
شمائل المحمدية / شمائل ترمزی · Hadith 113
Hazrat Ubaid bin Khalid radiyallahu anhu says, "I was once going to Madinah Munawwarah. I heard a person from behind me say, "Wear the lungi higher because it avoids physical and spiratual najaasah (impurities)." (The lungi will remain cleaner and will not become dirty by being dragged on the ground.) When I turned to see who was talking, I saw that it was Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam. I said, "O' Rasoolullah, this is a simple lungi, how can one become proud, and it is necessary to look after it (keep it clean)?" Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam replied, "If you see no benefit in it, your following me has not ceased." While Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam was telling me this, I saw that his lungi reached till half his shin."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020