«عَوْرَةُ الرَّجُلِ مَا تَحْتَ السُّرَّةِ إِلَى الرُّكْبَةِ»
The male awrah extends from below the navel to the knee.
The knee is the named boundary. In Hanafi jurisprudence, it is included within the region that must be covered. This illustration is discussed alongside the elbows because both raise the question of inclusion of a bodily boundary.
Their result cannot simply be carried over to every spatial or temporal occurrence of ila. The wording's function in its own legal context remains decisive.