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 him."
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 إِزَارَكَ، فَإِنَّهُ أَتْقَى وَأَبْقَى فَإِذَا هُوَ
رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ
بُرْدَةٌ مَلْحَاءُ، قَالَ: أَمَا لَكَ فِيَّ أُسْوَةٌ؟ فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا
إِزَارُهُ إِلَى نِصْفِ سَاقَيْهِ.
