وَالْعَوْرَةُ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ مَا تَحْتَ السُّرَّةِ إِلَى الرُّكْبَةِ، وَالرُّكْبَةُ عَوْرَةٌ دُونَ السُّرَّةِ
Translation: The male awrah extends from below the navel to the knee; the knee is included, but the navel is not.
The phrase below the navel excludes the navel itself. The explicit expression “the knee is awrah” clarifies that the knee is included in the Hanafi boundary.
In the recognized Shafi‘i view, the knee itself is not awrah, whereas the Hanafi view includes it. Both require covering the thigh.