Imam Al-Nawawi’s Riyad-us-Saliheen
Chapter 84
Exaltation of Modesty
681. Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) passed by a man of the Ansar who was admonishing his brother regarding shyness. Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Leave him alone, for modesty is a part of Iman.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
682. `Imran bin Husain (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Shyness does not bring anything except good.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
In a narration of Muslim: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “All of shyness is good.”
683. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Iman has sixty odd or seventy odd branches. The uppermost of all these is the Testimony of Faith: `La ilaha illallah’ (there is no true god except Allah) while the least of them is the removal of harmful object from the road. And shyness is a branch of Iman.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
684. Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) was even shier than a virgin behind her veil. When he saw something which he disliked, we could perceive it on his face.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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