This verse indicates that a woman’s feet [are part of her private parts that] should be covered. Were the feet not of the private parts, women wouldn’t have had to stamp them but simply display their anklets. But since legs should be covered, women resorted to wearing anklets and stamp their feet so as to let men know what they hide of adornment. Thereafter All?h ( - ) forbade them to do such an act.
Ibn Hazm affirmed the same in his Muhall?. (1)
Proofs from the Holy Sunna:
Ibn ‘Umar (() related: The prophet (?) said: ‘who so ever lets his clothes hang below his ankles with conceit, All?h (?) will never look at him [with mercy] on the Day of Resurrection’.
Umm Salamah asked: ‘what should women do with the trails of their gowns?’
He ( - ) said: ‘Let them be longer by one hand span’. (2) she said: ‘Their feet would be uncovered then’.
The prophet ( - ) said: ‘Then let them be longer by one cubit, no more’.
In another narration, it is related that the prophet ( - ): ‘allowed the mothers of the believers to brolong their garments by one hand span but they asked for more. He ( - ) added another hand span. Women used to send their garments for us [mothers of the believers] and we used to measure for them the proper length’. (3)
(1) “Al Muhall?” (vol. 3 / p. 216).
(2) That is one hand span lower than half of the shins. Other scholars said: ‘[one hand span] lower than the ankles”.
(3) The first part of the had?th, to the exclusion of Umm Salamah’s question, was narrated by: Al-Bukh?r? in his “Sah?h”: The Book of clothes, chapter: whosoever lets his Iz?r hangs down out of conceit. (vol. 10 / p. 258 / no. 5791). It was fully narrated by: At-Tirmith? in “The Book of clothes”, chapter: Narrations regarding women hanging down the trails of their garments, (vol. 4 / p. 223 / no. 1731), he said: ‘This is a sound authentic had?th “, Ab? D?w?d in his “Sunnan” in the Book of clothes, chapter: “the length of the woman’s garment? (vol. 4 / p. 65 / no. 4119), and Ibn-Majah the book of clothes, chapter: ‘How long should the trail of the women’s garment be?’ (vol. 2 / p. 1185 / no. 3581).
This had?th is authentic. Refer to “Silsitlat Al-Ah?d?th As-Sah?hah” (no. 460). This narration is also supported by that of Anas’ which is related by Ab? Ya‘l? In his “Musnad” (vol. 6 / p. 426) and At-Tabar?n? in “Al-Awsat” as is documented in “Al-Fath” (vol. 10 / p. 259).