Is the feeling of awe when wearing beautiful clothes, or proudly telling people that shortening one’s garment is following the Sunnah, considered arrogance or self-admiration? And is someone who shortens his garment out of arrogance considered to be trailing his garment [in pride]? And how do we respond to those who say that one must keep up with people’s customs in dress, and that what is below the ankles is not forbidden in this time and environment?

It is not necessarily the case that a Muslim's feeling towards his beautiful clothes is arrogance. For in the Hadith: "Indeed, Allah is beautiful and loves beauty," and the blameworthy arrogance is "rejecting the truth and despising people." It is permissible to wear beautiful clothes as long as it is not extravagance or intended for arrogance. Pride in following the Sunnah and in the Islamic appearance is commendable and legally مطلوب. 'Isbal' is the lengthening of a garment, and its prohibition is established whether it is done out of pride or not, according to the more accurate opinion. Its prohibition does not change with different environments or times. And whoever shortens his garment but is inwardly arrogant, sins due to his arrogance, not due to 'Isbal'.